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But they formed this plan for themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the nations and go to a more distant region, where no human beings had ever lived,
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so that there at least they might keep their statutes that they had not kept in their own land.
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And they went in by the narrow passages of the Euphrates river.
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For at that time the Most High performed signs for them, and stopped the channels of the river until they had crossed over.
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Through that region there was a long way to go, a journey of a year and a half; and that country is called Arzareth.
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"Then they lived there until the last times; and now, when they are about to come again,
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the Most High will stop the channels of the river again, so that they may be able to cross over. Therefore you saw the multitude gathered together in peace.
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But those who are left of your people, who are found within my holy borders, shall be saved.
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Therefore when he destroys the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he will defend the people who remain.
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And then he will show them very many wonders."
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I said, "O sovereign Lord, explain this to me: Why did I see the man coming up from the heart of the sea?"