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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

With praise and thanks giv ing they sang to the Lord... And
all the peo ple gave a great shout of praise to the Lord... (Ezra,

3:11)

... But Hezekiah prayed for them, say ing, "May the Lord, Who
is good, par don ev ery one who sets his heart on seek ing
God—the Lord, the God of his fa thers—even if he is not clean
ac cord ing to the rules of the house." (2 Chronicles, 30:19)

My words come from an up right heart; my lips sin cere ly
speak what I know. The Spirit of God has made me; the
breath of the Almighty gives me life. (Job, 33:3-4)

The peo ple re joiced at the will ing re sponse of their lead ers, for
they had giv en free ly and whole heart ed ly to the Lord. David
the king al so re joiced. (1 Chronicles, 29:9)

... and ev ery one who was will ing and whose heart moved
him came and brought an of fer ing to the Lord for the work on
the Tent of Meeting, for all its serv ice, and for the sa cred gar -

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