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³⁰Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment,

And so the plague was stayed.

³¹And that was counted unto him for righteousness,

Unto all generations for ever.

 

³²They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah,

And it went ill with Moses because of them;

³³For they embittered his spirit,

And he spoke rashly with his lips.

 

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples,

As the Lord commanded them;

³⁵But mingled themselves with the nations,

And learned their works;

³⁶And they served their idols,

Which became a snare unto them;

³⁷Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

³⁸And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with blood.

³⁹Thus were they defiled with their works,

And went astray in their doings.

⁴⁰Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people,

And He abhorred His inheritance.

⁴¹And He gave them into the hand of the nations;

And they that hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies also oppressed them,

And they were subdued under their hand.

⁴³Many times did He deliver them;

But they were rebellious in their counsel,

And sank low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless He looked upon their distress,

When He heard their cry;

⁴⁵And He remembered for them His covenant,

And repented according to the multitude of His mercies.

⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied

Of all those that carried them captive.

 

⁴⁷Save us, O Lord our God,

And gather us from among the nations,

That we may give thanks unto Thy holy name,

That we may triumph in Thy praise.

 

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

From everlasting even to everlasting,

And let all the people say: 'Amen.'

Hallelujah.

ספר חמישי
BOOK V

107 'O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,

For His mercy endureth for ever.'

²So let the redeemed of the Lord say,

Whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

³And gathered them out of the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the sea.

 

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;

They found no city of habitation.

⁵Hungry and thirsty,

Their soul fainted in them.

⁶Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,

And He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷And He led them by a straight way,

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