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Then he
said to me,
"This is the
curse that is
going forth over the
face of the
whole land;
surely everyone who
steals will be
purged away according to the writing on
one side, and
everyone who
swears will be
purged away according to the writing on the other
side.
yen.P -l;[ taecw{Y;h h'l'a'h ta{z y;lea r,ma{Y;w ? h'Qin 'hw{m'K h,Zim ben{G;h -l'k yiK #,r'a'h -l'k ? h'Qin 'hw{m'K h,Zim ['B.viN;h -l'k.w
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"I will make it
go forth,"
declares the
LORD of
hosts, "and it will
enter the
house of the
thief and the
house of the one who
swears falsely by My
name; and it will
spend the
night within that
house and
consume it with its
timber and
stones."
-l,a h'a'b.W tw{a'b.c h'wh.y ~Ua.n 'hyitaecw{h ? r,q'V;l yim.viB ['B.viN;h tyeB -l,a.w b'N;G;h tyeB ? wy'n'b]a -t,a.w wy'ce[ -t,a.w .WT;Lik.w w{tyeB .$w{t.B h,n'l.w
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Then the
angel who was
speaking with me
went out and
said to me,
"Lift up
now your
eyes and
see what this is
going forth."
a'f y;lea r,ma{Y;w yiB reb{D;h .$'a.l;M;h aeceY;w ? ta{Z;h taecw{Y;h h'm hea.r.W '$y,nye[ a'n
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I
said,
"What is it?" And he
said,
"This is the
ephah going forth." Again he
said,
"This is their
appearance in
all the
land
taecw{Y;h h'pyea'h ta{z r,ma{Y;w ayih -h;m r;m{a'w ? #,r'a'h -l'k.B ~'nye[ ta{z r,ma{Y;w