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Receive what the Lord has entrusted to you and be joyful, giving thanks to him who has called you to the celestial kingdoms.
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Rise, stand erect and see the number of those who have been sealed at the feast of the Lord.
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Those who have departed from the shadow of this age have received glorious garments from the Lord.
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Take again your full number, O Zion, and close the list of your people who are clothed in white, who have fulfilled the law of the Lord.
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The number of your children, whom you desired, is now complete; implore the Lord's authority that your people, who have been called from the beginning, may be made holy."
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