3
But he came back and said, "Father, one of our people has been strangled and thrown into the market place."
4
So before I tasted anything I sprang up and removed the body to a place of shelter until sunset.
5
And when I returned I washed myself and ate my food in sorrow.
6
Then I remembered the prophecy of Amos, how he said, "Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your festivities into lamentation." And I wept.
7
When the sun had set I went and dug a grave and buried the body.
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