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Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
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Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—
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in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
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Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon: