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13 What time as they went from one nation to a | no--ther from one kingdom to another -- peo- | ple;

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14 He suffered no man to do | them -- wrong: but reproved even kings for their | sakes; 15 Touch not mine Anoint--ed : and do my { prophets no harm. -- |

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16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land and destroyed all the provision of bread. 17 But he had sent a man before -- them : even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond vant;

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18 Whose feet they hurt in the - stocks the iron entered into -- his soul;

19 Until the time came that his cause was -'known the word of the Lord tri--ed | him. 20 The king sent, and deliver | ed prince of the people let him go free.

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21 He made him lord also of his house and ruler of all his substance;

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22 That he might inform his princes after | his and teach his senators -- wisdom. 23 Israel also came into | E--gypt and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

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24 And he increased his people exceed | ing-ly and made them stronger than their en-e emies ;

25 Whose heart turned so, that they hated his | peo--ple and dealt untruly with his -- ser

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26 Then sent he Moses his ser--vant and Aaron whom he § had -chosen. 27 And these shewed his tokens among and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and it was -- dark and they were not obedient un to

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30 Their land brought | forth -- frogs: yea, even in their kings' - chambers.

31 He spake the word, and there came all manflies and lice in all their :

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32 He gave them hail-stones | for flames of fire in their land.

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33 He smote their vines also and | fig--trees and destroyed the trees that were in their |

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34 He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innume | ra--ble and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit } of their ground.

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35 He smote all the first-born in | their even the chief of { all their strength.

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36 He brought them forth also with silver | and · gold there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

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37 Egypt was glad at their depart--ing for they were afraid of them.

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38 He spread out a cloud to be a | cover--ing: and fire to give light in the night -- sea | son. 39 At their desire he brought

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40 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed --out so that rivers ran in the

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43 And gave them the lands of the hea--then : and they took the labours of the people in pos-session;

44 That they might keep his | sta--tutes observe -'- his laws.

GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO | THE -AND TO THE HO--LY | GHOST ;

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DAY XXI. Evening Prayer.

PSALM CVI. Confitemini Domino.

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3 Blessed are they that alway keep | judge-ment; and do { right--eousness.

4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy peo--ple: O visit me with thy sal--vation;

5 That I may see the felicity of thy | cho--sen : and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine in the--rit | ance.

6 We have sinned with our | fa--thers we have done amiss, and dealt wick--ed | ly.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in re | mem-brance but were disobedient at the sea, even at { the Red sea.

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8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's | - sake that he might make his power to-be | known.

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dri | ed --up so he led them through the deep, as through a wil--derness.

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10 And he saved them from the adversa | ry's hand and delivered them from the hand of the { en--e my.

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11 As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them there was not one of · them left.

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12 Then believed they | his -- words and sang praise un--to him.

13 But within a while they forgat | his and would not abide his -- counsel.

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17 So the earth opened, and swallowed up | Da--than and covered the congregation of A-biram.

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18 And the fire was kindled in their | com-pany the flame burnt up the un--god |ly.

19 They made a calf in | Ho--reb

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20 Thus they turned their glo--ry similitude of a calf that eat--eth | hay.

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23 So he said, he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should de--stroy them.

24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant - land and gave no credence unto his |

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25 But murmured in their -- tents; and hearkened not unto the voice of

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27 To cast out their seed among the | na--tions :

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28 They joined themselves unto Baal | pe--or and ate the offerings of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own in ven--tions and the plague was great { a--mong them.

30 Then stood up Phinees and pray--ed ; and so the plague -- ceased.

31 And that was counted unto him for right- | eous--ness among all posterities for e--ver

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32 They angered him also at the waters of strife so that he punished Moses { for their sakes;

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33 Because they provoked his | spi--rit so that he spake unadvisedly with -- his lips. 34 Neither destroyed they the hea--then as the Lord command--ed | them;

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35 But were mingled among the | hea--then and learned their works.

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36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own | de--cay yea, they

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