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The Gentiles would have consulted their idols in such a situation, but the Israelites unrolled the book of the Law to search for God's guidance.
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They brought the priests' robes, the offerings of the first grain, and the tithes, and then they brought in some Nazirites who had completed their vows.
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The whole community prayed, "Lord, what shall we do with these things? Where shall we take them,
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now that your holy Temple has been trampled and profaned by Gentiles, and your priests mourn in disgrace?
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The Gentiles have come to attack and destroy us. You know what they plan to do!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.