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After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."
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Sha'ul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Yisra'el, and you who fear God, listen.
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The God of this people Yisra'el chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Mitzrayim, and with an uplifted arm, he led them forth out of it.
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For about the time of forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
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When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Kana`an, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.
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After these things he gave them judges until Shemu'el the prophet.
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Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Sha'ul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Binyamin, for forty years.
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When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Yishai, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
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From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Yisra'el according to his promise,
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before his coming, when Yochanan had first preached the immersion of repentance to all the people of Yisra'el.
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As Yochanan was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'