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"But, God, can you really live here on the earth with people? The sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Surely this house which I have built cannot contain you.
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But please listen to my prayer and my request, because I am your servant. Lord my God, hear this prayer your servant prays to you.
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Day and night please watch over this Temple where you have said you would be worshiped. Hear the prayer I pray facing this Temple.
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Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when we pray facing this place. Hear from your home in heaven, and when you hear, forgive us.
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"If someone wrongs another person, he will be brought to the altar in this Temple. If he swears an oath that he is not guilty,