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Do not fear this butcher, but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God's mercy I may get you back again with your brothers."
30
While she was still speaking, the young man said, "What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king's command, but I obey the command of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses.
31
But you, who have contrived all sorts of evil against the Hebrews, will certainly not escape the hands of God.
33
And if our living Lord is angry for a little while, to rebuke and discipline us, he will again be reconciled with his own servants.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.