| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: hope in Israel concerning this thing.
EZR 10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away
all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of
my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and
let it be done according to the law.
EZR 10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be
with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
EZR 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and
all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And
they sware.
EZR 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
DEU 27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up
great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
DEU 27:3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when
thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as
the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
DEU 27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye
shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal,
and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare
me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
NEH 13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of
Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
NEH 13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and
could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of
each people.
NEH 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain
of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,
Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their
daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
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