Hello, and Welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today
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to read the word of God together
Let's pray before we start.
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Dear Lord, thank you so
much for the words that you have
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preserved for us all
these hundreds of years,
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thousands of years, down through
the centuries they have been a
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comfort and an encouragement to
your children. And now we come
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to hear them and to be
strengthened and to learn from
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them the lessons you have
for us. Please be with us now.
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Thank you. Amen. We
are reading in the book of
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Nehemiah, chapter 10,
and beginning in verse 39.
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This is the King James Version.
For the children of Israel
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and the children of Levi shall
bring the offering of the corn,
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of the new wine, and
the oil, unto the chambers,
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where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the priests that
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minister, and the porters,
and the singers: and we will not
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forsake the house of our
God. We're continuing Nehemiah,
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chapter 11, this is
the King James Version.
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And the rulers of the
people dwelt at Jerusalem:
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the rest of the people also
cast lots, to bring one of ten
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to dwell in Jerusalem the holy
city, and nine parts to dwell
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in other cities. And the
people blessed all the men,
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that willingly offered
themselves to dwell at Jerusalem
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Now these are the chief of the
province that dwelt in Jerusalem
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but in the cities of Judah dwelt
every one in his possession
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in their cities, to wit, Israel,
the priests, and the Levites,
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and the Nethinims, and the
children of Solomon's servants.
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And then there's a long listing
of the names of those where they
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were dwelling, so we'll
skip over that list of names and
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pick it up in Nehemiah, chapter
12, and they're designating
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some of the names as they
go into a company of men to
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praise. We're going to pick
up in the 2nd half of Nehemiah,
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chapter 12, verse 36. With
the musical instruments of David
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the man of God, and Ezra the
scribe before them. And at the
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fountain gate, which was over
against them, they went up by
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the stairs of the city of David
at the going up of the wall,
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above the house of David, even
unto the water gate eastward.
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Reading down in
Nehemiah, chapter 12, verse 38.
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And the other company of
them that gave thanks went over
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against them, and I after them,
and the half of the people upon
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the wall, from beyond the tower
of the furnaces even unto the
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broad wall; and from above the
gate of Ephraim, and above the
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old gate, and above the fish
gate and the tower of Hananeel,
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and the tower of Meah,
even unto the sheep gate:
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and they stood in the prison
gate. So stood the two companies
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of them that gave thanks in
the house of God, and I, and the
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half of the rulers with me: and
the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah,
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Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zechariah, and Hananiah,
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with trumpets; and Maaseiah, and
Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi
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and Jehohanan, and
Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.
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And the singers sang loud,
with Jezrahiah their overseer.
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Also that day they offered
great sacrifices, and rejoiced:
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for God had made them rejoice
with great joy: the wives also
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and the children rejoiced:
so that the joy of Jerusalem was
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heard even afar off. And at that
time were some appointed over
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the chambers for the treasures,
for the offerings, for the first
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fruits and for the tithes,
to gather into them out of the
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fields of the cities the
portions of the law for the
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priests and Levites: for
Judah rejoiced for the priests
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and for the Levites that waited
and both the singers and the
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porters kept the ward of
their God, and the ward of the
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purification, according
to the commandment of David,
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and of Solomon his son. For
in the days of David and Asaph
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of old there were chief of
the singers, and songs of praise
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and thanksgiving unto God.
And all Israel in the days of
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Zerubbabel, and in the days
of Nehemiah, gave the portions
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of the singers and the
porters, every day his portion:
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and they sanctified
holy things unto the Levites;
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and the Levites sanctified
them unto the children of Aaron.
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We're continuing now in Nehemiah
chapter 13, and this is the
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King James Version. On
that day they read in the
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book of Moses in the audience
of the people; and therein was
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found written, that the Ammonite
and the Moabite should not come
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into the
congregation of God for ever:
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Because they met not the
children of Israel with bread
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and with water, but hired Balaam
against them, that he should
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curse them: howbeit our God
turned the curse into a blessing
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Now it came to pass, when
they heard the law, that they
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separated from Israel
all the mixed multitude.
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And before this, Eliashib
the priest, having the oversight
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of the chamber of the house of
our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
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And he had prepared for him a
great chamber, where aforetime
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they laid the meat offerings,
the frankincense and the vessels
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and the tithes of the
corn, the new wine, and the oil,
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which was commanded to be given
to the Levites, and the singers,
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and the porters; and the
offerings of the priests.
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But in all this time was not I
at Jerusalem: for in the two and
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thirtieth year of Artaxerxes
king of Babylon came I unto
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the king, and after certain days
obtained I leave of the king:
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and I came to Jerusalem,
and understood of the evil that
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Eliashib did for Tobiah, in
preparing him a chamber in the
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courts of the house of
God. And it grieved me sore:
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therefore I cast forth all
the household stuff of Tobiah
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out of the chamber. Then I
commanded, and they cleansed
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the chambers: and thither
brought I again the vessels
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of the house of God,
with the meat offering and the
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frankincense. And I perceived
that the portions of the Levites
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had not been given them;
for the Levites and the singers,
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that did the work, were
fled every one to his field.
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Then contended I with the rulers
and said, Why is the house of
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God forsaken? And I gathered
them together, and set them in
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their place. Then brought
all Judah the tithe of the corn
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and the new wine and
the oil unto the treasuries.
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And I made Treasurers over the
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest
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and Zadok the scribe, and of the
Levites, Pedaiah: and next to
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them was Hanan the son of
Zaccur the son of Mattaniah:
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for they were counted faithful,
and their office was to
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distribute unto their
brethren. Remember me, O my God,
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concerning this, and wipe not
out my good deeds that I have
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done for the house of my God,
and for the offices thereof.
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In those days saw I in
Judah some treading wine presses
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on the sabbath, and bringing
in sheaves, and lading asses;
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as also wine, grapes, and figs,
and all manner of burdens, which
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they brought into
Jerusalem on the sabbath day:
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and I testified against them
in the day wherein they sold
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victuals. There dwelt men of
Tyre also therein, which brought
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fish, and all manner of ware,
and sold on the sabbath unto
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the children of Judah, and
in Jerusalem. Then I contended
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with the nobles of Judah, and
said unto them, What evil thing
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is this that ye do, and
profane the sabbath day?
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Did not your fathers thus, and
did not our God bring all this
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evil upon us, and upon this
city? yet ye bring more wrath
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upon Israel by profaning the
sabbath. And it came to pass,
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that when the gates of
Jerusalem began to be dark
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before the sabbath, I commanded
that the gates should be shut,
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and charged that they should not
be opened til after the sabbath:
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and some of my servants set I
at the gates, that there should
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no burden be brought in on the
sabbath day. So the merchants
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and sellers of all kind of ware
lodged without Jerusalem once
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or twice. Then I testified
against them, and said unto them
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Why lodge ye about the wall?
if ye do so again, I will lay
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hands on you. From that time
forth came they no more on the
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sabbath. And I commanded the
Levites that they should cleanse
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themselves, and that they
should come and keep the gates,
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to sanctify the sabbath
day. Remember me, O my God,
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concerning this also,
and spare me according to the
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greatness of thy mercy. In those
days also saw I Jews that had
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married wives of
Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
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And their children spake half in
the speech of Ashdod, and could
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not speak in the Jew's language
but according to the language
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of each people. And I contended
with them, and cursed them,
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and smote certain of them, and
plucked off their hair, and made
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them swear by God, saying,
Ye shall not give your daughters
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unto their sons, nor take
their daughters unto your sons,
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or for yourselves. Did
not Solomon king of Israel sin
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by these things? yet among
many nations was there no king
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like him, who was beloved of
his God, and God made him king
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over all Israel: nevertheless
even him did outlandish women
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cause to sin. Shall we then
hearken unto you to do all this
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great evil, to transgress
against our God in marrying
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strange wives? And one of
the sons of Joiada, the son of
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Eliashib the high priest,
was the son in law to Sanballat
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the Horonite:
therefore I chased him from me.
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Remember them, O my God,
because they have defiled the
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priesthood, and the covenant
of the priesthood, and of the
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Levites. Thus cleansed I them
from all strangers and appointed
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the wards of the priests and
the Levites, every one in his
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business; And for the wood
offering at times appointed,
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and for the firstfruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.
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We're now going to begin reading
the book of Esther together.
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This is Esther, chapter
1, the King James Version.
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Now it came to pass in the days
of Ahasuerus - this is Ahasuerus
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which reigned, from India even
unto Ethiopia, over an hundred
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and seven and twenty provinces:
- that in those days, when the
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king Ahasuerus sat on the throne
of his kingdom, which was in
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Shushan the palace, in
the third year of his reign,
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he made a feast unto all
his princes and his servants;
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the power of Persia and Media,
the nobles and princes of the
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provinces, being before him:
When he shewed the riches of
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his glorious kingdom and the
honor of his excellent majesty
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many days, even an
hundred and fourscore days.
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And when these days
were expired, the king made a
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feast unto all the people
that were present in Shushan
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the palace, both unto great and
small, seven days, in the court
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of the garden of the king's
palace, where were white, green,
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and blue, hangings, fastened
with cords of fine linen and
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purple to silver
rings and pillars of marble:
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the beds were of gold and silver
upon a pavement of red, and blue
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and white, and black, marble.
And they gave them drink in
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vessels of gold, the vessels
being diverse one from another,
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and royal wine in abundance,
according to the state of the
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king. And the drinking
was according to the law;
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none did compel: for so the
king had appointed to all the
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officers of his house, that they
should do according to every
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man's pleasure. Also Vashti the
queen made a feast for the women
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in the royal house which
belonged to king Ahasuerus.
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On the seventh day, when
the heart of the king was merry
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with wine, he commanded Mehuman,
Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
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Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas,
the seven chamberlains that
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served in the
presence of Ahasuerus the king,
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to bring Vashti the queen before
the king with the crown royal,
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to shew the people and
the princes her beauty:
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for she was fair to look
on. But the queen Vashti refused
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to come at the
king's commandment
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by his chamberlains: therefore
was the king very wroth,
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and his anger burned in him.
Then the king said to the wise
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men, which knew the times, for
so was the king's manner toward
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all that knew law and judgment:
and the next unto him was
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Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena,
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and Memucan the seven princes
of Persia and Media, which saw
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the king's face, and which
sat the first in the kingdom;
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What shall we do unto the
queen Vashti according to law,
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because she hath not performed
the commandment of the king
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Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
And Memucan answered before the
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king and the princes, Vashti the
queen hath not done wrong to the
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king only, but also to all the
princes, and to all the people
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that are in all the
provinces of the king Ahazuerus.
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This deed of the queen shall
come abroad unto all women,
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so that they shall despise
their husbands in their eyes,
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when it shall be reported, The
king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti
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the queen to be brought in
before him, but she came not.
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Likewise shall the ladies of
Persia and Media say this day
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unto all the king's princes,
which have heard of the deed of
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the queen. Thus shall
there arise too much contempt
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and wrath. If it please
the king let there go a royal
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commandment from him, and let it
be written among the laws of the
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Persians and the Medes, that it
be not altered, That Vashti come
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no more before king Ahasuerus;
and let the king give her royal
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estate unto another
that is better than she.
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Thank you for joining with me
today to read the word of God.
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Please join me again next time.
Until then, may God bless us all
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with his love and mercy.
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