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By the Lord's decision they were distinguished, and he appointed the different seasons and feasts;
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some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he made ordinary days.
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All men are from the ground, and Adam was created of the dust.
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In the fulness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them and appointed their different ways;
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some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself; but some of them he cursed and brought low, and he turned them out of their place.
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