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Shechem, Hamor’s son. So the young man Your presence.
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did not delay to do the thing, because he 4 For You have maintained my right and
delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more my cause;
honorable than all the household of his father. You sat on the throne judging in
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to righteousness.
the gate of their city, and spoke with the men 5 You have rebuked the nations,
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of their city, saying: “These men are at peace You have destroyed the wicked;
with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land You have blotted out their name
and trade in it. For indeed the land is large forever and ever.
enough for them. Let us take their daughters Proverbs 3:21–26
to us as wives, and let us give them our daugh-
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ters. Only on this condition will the men con- 21 My son, let them not depart from your
sent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every eyes—
male among us is circumcised as they are cir- Keep sound wisdom and
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cumcised. Will not their livestock, their prop- discretion;
erty, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only 22 So they will be life to your soul
let us consent to them, and they will dwell And grace to your neck.
with us.” And all who went out of the gate of
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his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son;
every male was circumcised, all who went out
of the gate of his city. 3:22 life to your soul. The association of wis-
25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when
they were in pain, that two of the sons of dom with the inner spiritual life unfolds
throughout the book (see 4:10,22; 7:2; 8:35;
Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, 9:11; 10:11,16,17; 11:19,30; 12:28; 13:14; 14:27;
each took his sword and came boldly upon the 15:4,24; 16:22; 19:23; 21:21; 22:4). grace to
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city and killed all the males. And they killed your neck. The wisdom of God will adorn
Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of one’s life for all to see its beauty (see 1:9).
the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s
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house, and went out. The sons of Jacob came
upon the slain, and plundered the city,
because their sister had been defiled. They 23 Then you will walk safely in your way,
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took their sheep, their oxen, and their don- And your foot will not stumble.
keys, what was in the city and what was in the 24 When you lie down, you will not be
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field, and all their wealth. All their little ones afraid;
and their wives they took captive; and they Yes, you will lie down and your sleep
plundered even all that was in the houses. will be sweet.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You 25 Do not be afraid of sudden
have troubled me by making me obnoxious terror,
among the inhabitants of the land, among the Nor of trouble from the
Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am wicked when it comes;
few in number, they will gather themselves 26 For the LORD will be your confidence,
together against me and kill me. I shall be And will keep your foot from being
destroyed, my household and I.” caught.
31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister
like a harlot?” Matthew 12:1–21
At that time Jesus went through the
Psalm 9:1–5 12 grainfields on the Sabbath. And His dis-
To the Chief Musician. To the tune of ciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads
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“Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. of grain and to eat. And when the Pharisees
saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples
I will praise You, O LORD, with are doing what is not lawful to do on the
my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works. Sabbath!”
But He said to them, “Have you not read
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2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; what David did when he was hungry, he and
I will sing praise to Your name, those who were with him: how he entered the
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O Most High.
house of God and ate the showbread which
3 When my enemies turn back, was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those
They shall fall and perish at who were with him, but only for the priests?
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