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And the Lord heard her voice.
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Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young youth whose name was Daniel:
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Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
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Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast spoken?
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So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
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Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her.
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Wherefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said unto him, Come, sit down among us, and shew it us, seeing God hath given thee the honour of an elder.
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Then said Daniel unto them, Put these two aside one far from another, and I will examine them.
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So when they were put asunder one from another, he called one of them, and said unto him, O thou that art waxen old in wickedness, now thy sins which thou hast committed aforetime are come to light.
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For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
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Now then, if thou hast seen her, tell me, Under what tree sawest thou them companying together? Who answered, Under a mastick tree.