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But that to deceive them who had trusted to the place and temple which is honoured throughout the whole world, for the reverence and holiness of it, was a thing which could not by any means be done.
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But he, by reason of the orders he had received from the king, said that by :all means the money must be carried to the king.
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So on the day he had appointed, Heliodorus entered in to order this mat- tar. But there was no small terror throughout the whole city.
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And the priests prostrated them- selves before the altar in their priests' vestments, and called upon him from heaven, who made the law concerning things given to be kept, that he would preserve them safe, for them that had deposited them.
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Now whosoever saw the countenance of the high priest, was wounded in heart: for his face, and the changing of his colour declared the inward sorrow of his mind.