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Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Kefa went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
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He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
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He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the eretz,
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in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the eretz, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
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A voice came to him, "Rise, Kefa, kill and eat!"
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But Kefa said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
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A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not make unholy."
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This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.
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Now while Kefa was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Shim`on's house, stood before the gate,
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and called and asked whether Shim`on, who was surnamed Kefa, was lodging there.
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While Kefa thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you.