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The Book of Tobias, also known as the Book of Tobit, is a significant part of the Catholic biblical canon. It is a captivating narrative that tells the story of a righteous man named Tobit and his son Tobias. This book is classified as one of the historical books in the Old Testament, illustrating the faithfulness of God and the importance of obedience to His commandments.
The Book of Tobias begins by introducing Tobit, a righteous and devout man who was exiled to Nineveh. Despite his diminished circumstances, Tobit remained faithful to God and strived to follow His commandments. Tobit's faithfulness was demonstrated through his righteous acts of burying the dead, giving to the poor, and the observance of Jewish customs.
The narrative takes a turn when Tobit becomes blind, causing great distress to him and his wife, Anna. Tobit's willingness to die as opposed to living in darkness depicts his unwavering devotion to God, even in the face of adversity. In response to Tobit's sincere prayers, God sends the archangel Raphael disguised as a human in answer to his plea for help.
Tobit then sends his son Tobias on a journey to retrieve a sum of money he had lent to a distant relative. Accompanied by the angel Raphael, Tobias embarks on an eventful journey that includes moments of danger and divine intervention. Along the way, Tobias encounters Sarah, a woman plagued by a demon who had killed her previous husbands on their wedding nights. Through divine assistance, Tobias is able to exorcise the demon and marry Sarah, thus freeing her from the torment she had endured.
The central themes of the Book of Tobias emphasize the presence and importance of God's providence in the lives of His faithful servants. It teaches the significance of acts of charity, devotion to God's commandments, and the power of prayer. Furthermore, it highlights the intercession of angels and the role they play in bringing about God's will on earth.
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Tobit chapter 1 the tale of Tobit son of toel son of ananal son of Adu son of Gab
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of the lineage of aiel and tribe of naph in the days of shanzer king of Assyria
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he was exiled from thisp which is south of cadesh naali in Upper Galilee above
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hazer some distance to the west north of Chaat I Tobit have walked in Paths of
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Truth and in good works all the days of my life I have given much in arms to my
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brothers and fellow country folk exiled like me to Nineveh in the country of Assyria in my young days when I was
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still at home in the land of Israel the whole tribe of naph my ancestor broke away from the house of David and from
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Jerusalem though this was the city chosen out of all the tribes of Israel for their
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sacrifices here the temple God's Dwelling Place had been built and hollowed for all generations to come all
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my brothers in the house of naftali sacrificed on every Hilltop in Galilee to the calf that jeroboam king of Israel
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had made at Dan often I was quite alone in making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem
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fulfilling the law that binds all Israel perpetually I would hurry to Jerusalem
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with the first yield of fruits and beasts the tithe of cattle and the sheep's first shearings I would give
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these to the priests the sons of Aaron for the altar to the Levites ministering
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at Jerusalem I would give my tithe of wine and corn olives pomegranates and
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other fruits 6 years in succession I took the second tithe in money and went
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and paid it annually at Jerusalem I gave the third to orphans and widows and to The Strangers who live among the
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Israelites I brought it them as a gift every 3 years when we 8 we obeyed both
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the ordinances of the law of Moses and the exhortations of Deborah the mother of our ancestor an anel for my father
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had dies and left me an orphan when I came to man's estate I married a woman
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from our kinsfolk whose name was Anna she bore me a son whom I called Tobias
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when the banishment into Assyria came I was taken away and went to Nineveh all
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my brothers and the people of my race ate the food of the Heathen but for my part one was careful not to eat the food
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of the Heathen and because I had kept Faith with my God with my whole heart the most high granted me the favor of
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Shaner and I became the king's purveyor until his death I used to travel to
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midia where I transacted business on his behalf and I deposited sacks of silver
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worth 10 talents with Gabel the brother of Gabriel at rages in media on the death of Shaner his son sarib succeeded
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the roads into media were barred and I could could no longer go there in the days of Shaner I had often given arms to
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the people of my race I gave my bread to the hungry and clo to those who lacked them and I buried when I saw them the
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bodies of my country folk thrown over the walls of Nineveh I also buried those who were killed by sarib when sarib was
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beating a disorderly Retreat from Duda after the king of Heaven had punished his blasphemies he killed a great number
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of Israelites in his rage so I sto stole their bodies to bury them sarib looked
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for them and could not find them a ninite went and told the king it was I who had buried them secretly when I knew
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that the king had been told about me and saw myself being hunted by men who would put me to death I was afraid and fled
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all my goods were seized they were all confiscated by the treasury nothing was
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left me but my wife Anna and my son Tobias less than 40 days after this the
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King was murdered by his two sons who then fled to the Mountains of Ararat his
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son Esau Haden succeeded aikar the son of my brother anale was appointed
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Chancellor of the exer for the kingdom and given the main ordering of Affairs aikar then interceded for me and I was
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allowed to return to Nineveh since aikar had been Chief cup Bearer Keeper of the
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Signet administrator and Treasurer under sarb king of Assyria and esar Haden had
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kept him in office he was a relation of mine he was my
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nephew Tobit chapter 2 in the reign of Esau Hatten therefore I returned home
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and my wife Anna was restored to me with my son Tobias at our Feast of Pentecost
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the Feast of Weeks there was a good dinner I took my place for the meal the
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table was brought to me and various dishes were brought I then said to my son Tobias go my child and seek out some
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poor loyalheart man among our brothers exiled in Nineveh and bring him to share
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my meal I will wait until you come back my child so Tobias went out to look for
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some poor man among our brothers but he came back again and said father I
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replied what is it my child he went on father one of our nation has just been
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murdered he has been strangled and then thrown down in the marketplace he is there still I sprang up at once left my
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meal untouched took the man from the marketplace and laid him in one of my rooms waiting until sunset to bury him I
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came in again and washed myself and ate my bread in sorrow remembering the words of the Prophet Amos concerning bethl I
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shall turn your festivals into mourning and all your singing into lamentation and I wept when the Sun was down I went
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and dug a grave and buried him my neighbors laughed and said see he is not
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afraid anymore you must remember that a price had been set on my head earlier for this very thing once before he had
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to flee yet here he is beginning to bury the dead again that night I took a bath
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then I went into the courtyard and lay down by the courtyard wall since it was hot I left my face uncovered I I did not
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know that there were sparrows in the wall above my head their hot droppings fell into my eyes this caused white
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spots to form which I went to have treated by the doctors but the more ointments they tried me with the more
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the spots Blinded Me and in the end I become completely blind I remained
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without sight four years all my brothers were distressed on my behalf and aikar
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provided for my upkeep for 2 years until he left for El I my wife Anna then
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undertook Woman's Work she would spin wool and take cloth to weave she used to deliver whatever had been order from her
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and then receive payment now on the seventh day of the month of dros she finished a piece of work and delivered
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it to her customers they paid her all that was due and into the bargain presented her with a kid for a meal when
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the kid came into my house it began to bleat I called to my wife and said where
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where does this creature come from suppose it has been stolen let the owners have it back we have no right to
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eat stolen goods she said no it was a present given me over and above my wages
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I did not believe her and told her to give it back to the owners I felt deeply ashamed of her to which she replied what
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about your own arms what about your own good works everyone knows what return
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you have had for
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them Tobit chapter 3 then sad at heart I
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sighed and wept and began this prayer of lamentation you are just oh Lord and
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just are all your works all your ways are grace and truth and you are the
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judge of the world therefore Lord remember me look on me do not punish me
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for my sins or for my needless faults or those of my ancestors for we have sinned
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against you and broken your Commandments and you have given us over to be plundered to captivity and death to be
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The Talk The Laughing stock and Scorn of all the nations among whom you have dispersed us and now all your decrees
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are true when you deal with me as my faults deserve and those of my ancestors
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for we have neither kept your Commandments nor Walked In Truth before you so now do with me as you will be
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pleased to take my life from me so that I may be delivered from Earth and become Earth again better death than life for
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me for I have endured groundless insult and am in deepest sorrow Lord be pleased
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to deliver me from this Affliction let me go away to my Everlasting home do not
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turn your face from me oh Lord better death for me than life prolonged in the
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face of unrelenting misery I can no longer bear to listen to Insight inss it
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chaned on the same day that Sarah the daughter of regel who lived in media at e batna also heard insults from one of
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her father's Maids for she had been given in marriage seven times and as modius the worst of demons had killed
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her bridegrooms one after another before ever they had slept with her as man with wife the servant girl said yes you kill
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your bridegrooms yourself that makes seven already to whom you have been given and you have have not once been in
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luck yet just because your bridegrooms have died that is no reason for
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punishing us go and join them and may we be spared the sight of any child of
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yours that day she grieved she sobbed and she went up to her father's room
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intending to hang herself but then she thought suppose they were to blame my
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father they would say you had an only daughter whom you loved and now she has
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hanged herself for for grief I cannot cause my father a sorrow which would bring down his old age to the dwelling
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of the Dead I should do better not to hang myself but to beg the Lord to let
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my die and not live to hear any more insults and at this by the window with
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stretched arm she said this prayer you are blessed oh god of Mercy may your
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name be blessed forever and may all things you have made bless you everlastingly and now I turn my face and
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I raise raise my eyes to you let your word deliver me from Earth I can hear
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myself insulted no longer oh Lord you know that I have remained pure no man
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has touched me I have not Dishonored your name or my father's name in this land of Exile I am my father's only
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daughter he has no other child as Heir he has no brother at his side nor has he
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any Kinsmen left for whom I ought to keep myself I have lost seven husbands already
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why should I live any longer if it does not please you to take my life then look
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on me with pity I can no longer bear to hear myself defamed this time the prayer
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of each of them found favor before the glory of God and rafhael was sent to bring remedy to them both he was to take
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the white spots from the eyes of Tobit so that he might see God's light with his own eyes and he was to give Sarah
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the daughter of regel as bride to Tobias son of Tobit and and to rid her of as modius that worst of demons for it was
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to Tobias before all other suitors that she belonged by right Tobit was coming
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back from the courtyard into the house at the same moment as Sarah the daughter of regel was coming down from The Upper
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Room Tobit chapter 4 the same day Tobit remembered the silver that he had left
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with gabale at rages in media and thought I have come to the point of praying for death I should do well to
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call my son Tobias and tell him about the money before I die he summoned his son Tobias and told him when I die give
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me an honorable burial honor your mother and never abandon her all the days of
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your life do all that she wants and give her no reason for sorrow remember my
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child all the risks she ran for your sake when you were in her womb and when she dies bury her at my side in the same
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grave my child be faithful to the Lord all your days never entertain the will
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to sin or to transgress his laws do good works all the days of your life never
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follow ways that are not upright for if you act in truthfulness you will be successful in all your actions as
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everyone is who practices what is upright set aside part of your goods for almsgiving never turn your face from the
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poor and God will never turn him is from you measure your arms by what you have
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if you have much give more if you have little do not be afraid to give Less in
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arms so doing you will lay up for yourself a great treasure for the day of
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necessity for arms giving delivers from death and saves people from passing down
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to Darkness arms giving is a most effective offering for all those who do it in the presence of the most high my
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child avoid all loose conduct choose a wife of your father's stock do
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not take a foreign wife outside your father's tribe because we are the children of the prophets remember Noah
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Abraham Isaac and Jacob our ancestors from the beginning all of them took
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wives from their own Kindred and they were blessed in their children and their race will inherit the earth you too my
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child must love your own Brothers never presume to despise your brothers the
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sons and Daughters of your people choose your wife from among them for Pride
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brings ruin and much worry idleness causes need and poverty for the mother
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of famine is idleness do not keep back until next day the wages of those who work for you pay them at once if you
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serve God you will be rewarded be careful my child in all you do well
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disciplined in all your behavior do to No One what you would not want done to you do not drink wine to the point of
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drunkenness do not let excess be your traveling companion give your bread to
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those who are hungry and your clothes to those who lack clothing of whatever you
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own in plenty devote a proportion to Arms giving and when you give arms do it
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ungrudgingly be generous with Bread and Wine on the graves of upright people but
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not for the sinner ask advice of every wise person never scorn any profitable
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advice bless the Lord God in everything beg him to guide your ways and bring
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your paths and purposes to their end for wisdom is not the property of every nation their desire for what is good is
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conferred by The Lord At His will he lifts up or he casts down to the depths
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of the dwelling of the dead so now my child remember these precepts and never
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let hem fade from your heart now my child I must tell you I have left 10
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talant of silver with gabale son of gabria at rages in media do not be
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afraid my child if we have grown poor you have great wealth if you fear God if
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you shun every kind of sin and if you do what is pleasing to the Lord your
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God Tobit chapter 5 Tobias then replied
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to his father Tobit father I shall do everything you have told me me but how
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am I to recover the silver from him he does not know me nor I him what token am
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I to give him for him to believe me and hand the silver over to me and besides I
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do not know what roads to take for this journey into media then tobot answered his son Tobias each of us set his
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signature to a note which I cut in two so that each could keep half of it I took one piece and put the other with
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the silver to think it was 20 years ago I left this silver in his keeping and
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now my child find a trustworthy traveling companion we shall pay him for
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his time until you arrive back and then go and collect the silver from gabale
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Tobias went out to look for a man who knew the way to go with him to Media outside he found Raphael the angel
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standing facing him though he did not guess he was an angel of God he said
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where do you come from friend the angel replied I am one of your brother
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Israelites I have come to these parts to look for work Tobias asked do you know
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the road to Media the other replied certainly I do I have been there many
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times I have knowledge and experience of all the ways I have often been to media
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and stayed with gabale one of our Kinsmen who lives at rages in media it usually takes two full days to get from
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mbat to rages rages lies in the mountains and N batna is in the middle
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of the plane Tobias said wait for me friend while I go and tell my father I
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need you to come with me I shall pay you for your time the other replied good I
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shall wait but do not be long Tobias went in and told his father that he had
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found one of their brother Israelites and the father said fetch him in I want
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to find out about his family and tribe I must see if is going to be a reliable
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companion for you my child so Tobias went out and called him friend he said
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my father wants you the angel came into the house Tobit greeted him and the
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other answered wishing him happiness and plenty Tobit replied can I ever be happy
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again I am a blind man I no longer see the light of Heaven I am sunk in
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darkness like the Dead who see the light no more I am a man buried alive I hear
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people speak but cannot see them the angel said take comfort before long God
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will heal you take comfort Tobit said my son Tobias wishes to go to Media will
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you join him as his guide brother I will pay you he replied I am willing to go
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with him I know all the ways I have often been to Media I have crossed all
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its Plains and mountains and I know all its roads Tobit said brother what family
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and what tribe do you belong to will you tell me brother what does my tribe
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matter to you the angel said Tobit said I want to be quite sure whose son you
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are and what your name is the angel said I am aaras son of the great ananas one
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of your Kinsmen welcome and greetings brother do not be offended at my wanting
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to know the name of your family I find you you are my Kinsmen of a good and honorable line I know ananas and Nathan
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the two sons of the great shemiah they used to go to Jerusalem with me we have
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worshiped together there and they have never strayed from the right path your brothers are worthy men you come of good
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stock welcome he went on I engage you at a drma day with the same expenses as my
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own Sons complete the journey with my son and I shall go go beyond the agreed
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wage the angel replied I shall complete the journey with him do not be afraid on
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the journey outward all will be well on the journey back all will be well the
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road is safe Tobit said blessings on you brother then he turned to his son my
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child he said prepare what you need for the journey and set off with your brother may God in heaven protect you
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abroad and bring bring you both back to me safe and sound may his Angel go with
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you and protect you my child Tobias left the house to set out and kissed his
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father and mother Tobit said a happy Journey his mother burst into tears and
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said to Tobit why must you send my child away is he not the staff of our hands as
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he goes about before us surely money is not the only thing that matters surely
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it is not as precious as our child the way of life God had already given us was
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good enough he said do not think such thoughts going away and coming back all
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will be well with our child you will see for yourself when he comes back safe and sound do not think such thoughts do not
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worry on their account my sister a good angel will go with him he will have a
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good journey and come back to us well and happy
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[Music] Tobit chapter 6 and she dried her tears
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the boy left with the angel and the dog followed behind the two walked on and
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when the first evening came they camped beside the Tigress the boy had gone down to the river to wash his feet when a
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great fish leapt out of the water and tried to swallow his foot the boy gave a shout and the angel said catch the fish
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do not let it go the boy mastered the fish and pulled it onto the bank the
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angel said cut it open take out Gul heart and liver set these aside and
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throw the olls away for Gul and heart and liver have Curative properties the
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boy cut the fish open and took out Gall and heart and liver he fried part of the
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fish for his meal and kept some for salting then they walked on again together until they were nearly in media
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then the boy asked the angel the question brother aeras what can the fish's heart liver and Gull cure he
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replied you burn the fish's heart and liver and their smoke is used in the case of a man or woman plagued by a
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demon or evil spirit any such Affliction disappears for good leaving no Trace as
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regards the ga this is used as an eye ointment for anyone having white spots on his eyes after using it you have only
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to blow on the spots to cure them they entered media and had nearly reached AK batna when Raphael said to the boy
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brother Tobias yes he replied the angel went on tonight we are to stay with
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regel who is a Kinsman of yours he has a daughter called Sarah but apart from
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Sarah he has no other son or daughter now you are her next of kin she belongs
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to you before anyone else and you may claim her father's inheritance she is a thoughtful courageous and very lovely
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girl and her father loves her dearly you have the right to marry her listen brother
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this very evening I shall speak about the girl to her father and arrange for her to be betrothed to you and when we
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come back from rages we can celebrate the marriage I assure you regel has no
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right whatever to refuse you or to betroth her to anyone else that would be asking for death as prescribed in the
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book of Moses once he is aware that kinship gives you the preeminent right to marry his daughter so listen brother
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this very evening we shall speak about the girl and ask for her hand in marriage when we come back from rages we
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shall fetch her and take her home with us Tobias replied to Raphael brother
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aaras I've been told that she has already been given in marriage seven times and that each time her bridegroom
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has died in the bridal room he died the same night as he entered her room and I
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have heard people say it was a demon that killed them and this makes me afraid to her the demon does no harm
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because he loves her but as soon as a man tries to approach her he kills him I
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am my father's only son and I have no wish to die I do not want my father and
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mother to grieve over me for the rest of their lives they have no other son to bury them the angel said have you
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forgotten your father's advice after all he urged you to choose a wife from your
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father's family listen then brother do not worry about the demon take her this
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very evening I promise she will be given you as your wife then once you are in
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the bridal room take the heart and liver of the fish and lay a little of it on the burning incense the reek will rise
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the demon will smell it and flee and there is no danger that he will ever be found near the girl again then before
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you sleep together first stand up both of you and and pray ask the Lord of
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Heaven to Grant you his grace and protection do not be afraid she was
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destined for you from the beginning and you are the one to save her she will follow you and I pledge my word she will
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give you children who will be like brothers to you do not worry and when
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Tobias heard Raphael say this when he understood that Sarah was his sister a
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kinswoman of his father's family he fell so deeply in love with her that he could no longer call his heart is
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one toit chapter 7 as they entered ebat
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Tobias said brother aaras take me at once to our brother regels and he showed
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him the way to the house of regel whom they found sitting beside his Courtyard door they greeted him first and he
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replied welcome and greetings Brothers he said to his wife Edna how like my
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brother Tobit this young man is Edna asked them where they came from they
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said we are sons of napali exiled in Nineveh do you know our brother Tobit
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yes how is he he is alive and well and Tobias added he is my father regel leapt
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to his feet and kissed him and wept then finding words he said blessings on you
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child you are the the son of a noble father how sad it is that someone so
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bright and full of good deeds should have gone blind he fell on the neck of his Kinsman Tobias and wept and his wife
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Edna wept for him and so did his daughter Sarah regel killed a Ram from
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the flock and they gave them a warm welcome they washed and bathed and sat
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down to table then Tobias said to Raphael brother aeras will you ask regel
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to give me my Sister Sarah regel overheard the words and said to the young man eat and drink and make the
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most of your evening no one else has the right to take my daughter Sarah no one but you my brother in any case even I am
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not at Liberty to give her to anyone else since you are her next of kin
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however my boy I must be frank with you I have tried to find a husband for her seven times among our Kinsmen and all of
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them have died the first evening on going to her room but for the present my boy eat and drink the Lord will grant
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you his grace and peace Tobias spoke out I will not hear of eating and drinking
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till you have come to a decision about me regel answered very well since by the
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prescription of the book of Moses she is given to you Heaven itself decrees she shall be yours I therefore entrust your
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sister to you from now on you are her brother and she is your sister she is
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given to you from today forever the Lord of Heaven favor you tonight my child and
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Grant you his grace and peace regel called for his daughter Sarah took her by the hand and gave her to Tobias with
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these words I entrust her to you the law and the ruling recorded in the book of
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Moses assign her to you as your wife take her bring her home safe and sound
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to your father's house the god of Heaven Grant you a good journey in peace then
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turned to her mother and asked her to fetch him writing paper he drew up the marriage contract and so he gave his
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daughter as bride to Tobias according to the ordinance of the law of Moses after
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this they began to eat and drink regel called his wife Edna and said my sister
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prepare the second room and take her there she went and made the bed in this room as he had ordered and took her
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daughter to it she wept over her then wiped away her tears tears and said
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courage daughter may the Lord of Heaven turn your grief to Joy courage daughter
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and she went
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out toit chapter 8 when they had finished eating and drinking and it
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seemed time to go to bed the young man was taken from the dining room to the bedroom Tobias remembered Raphael's
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advice he went to his bag took the fish's heart and liver out out of it and put some on the burning incense the reek
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of the fish distressed the demon who fled through the air to Egypt rafhael
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pursued him there Shackled him and strangled him forth with the parents
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meanwhile had gone out and shut the door behind them Tobias Rose from the bed and
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said to Sarah get up my sister you and I must pray and petition our Lord to win
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his grace and his protection she stood up and they began praying for protection
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and this was how he began you are blessed oh god of our fathers blessed
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too is your name forever and ever let the heavens bless you and all things you have made forever more you it was who
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created Adam you who created Eve his wife to be his help and support and from
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these two the human race was born you it was who said it is not right that the
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man should be alone let us make him a helper like him and so I take my sister
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not not for any lustful motive but I do it in singleness of heart be kind enough
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to have pity on her and on me and bring us to old age together and together they
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said amen amen and lay down for the night but regel Rose and called his
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servants who came and helped him dig a grave he had thought Heaven Grant he
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does not die we should be overwhelmed with ridicule and shame when the grave
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was ready regel went back to the the house called his wife and said will you
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send a maid to the room to see if Tobias is still alive for if he is dead we may
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be able to bury him without anyone else knowing they sent the maid lit the lamp
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opened the door and the maid went in she found the two fast asleep together she
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came out again and whispered he is not dead all is well then regel blessed the
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god of heaven with these words you are blessed my my god with every blessing
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that is pure may you be blessed forever more you are blessed for having made me
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glad what I feared has not happened instead you have shown us your boundless
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Mercy you are blessed for taking pity on this only son this only daughter grant
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them master your mercy and your protection let them live out their lives in happiness and in Mercy and he made
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his servants fill the grave in Before Dawn broke he told his wife to make an oven full of bread he went to his flock
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brought back two oxen and four sheep and gave orders for them to be cooked and preparations began he called Tobias and
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said I will not hear of your leaving here for a fortnite you are to stay where you are eating and drinking with
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me you will make my daughter happy again after all her troubles after that take
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away a half of all I have and take her safe and sound back to to your father when my wife and I are dead you shall
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have the other half courage my boy I am your father and Edna is your mother we
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are your parents in future as we are your sisters courage my
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son Tobit chapter 9 then Tobias turned
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to Raphael brother aaras he said take four servants and two camels and leave
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for rages go to gabel's house give him the receipt and see about the money then
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invite him to come with you to my wedding Feast you know that my father must be counting the days and that I
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cannot lose a single one without worrying him you see what regel has pledged himself to do I am Bound by his
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oath so Raphael left for rages in media with the four servants and two camels
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they stayed with gabale and Raphael showed him the receipt he told him about
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the marriage of Tobias son of Tobit and gave him his invitation to the wedding Feast gabale started counting out the
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sacks to him the seals were intact and they loaded them on to the camels early
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in the morning they set off together for the feast and reached ruel's house where they found Tobias dining he rose to
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greet gabale who burst into tears and blessed him with the words excellent son of a father Beyond reproach just and
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generous in his dealings the Lord give Heaven's blessing to you to your wife to
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your wife's father and mother blessed be God for granting me the sight of this living image of my cousin
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Tobit Tobit chapter 10 every day meanwhile Tobit kept Reckoning the days
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required for the journey there and the journey back the full number went by and still his son had not come then he
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thought I hope he has not been delayed there I hope gab is not dead so that no
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one will give him the silver and he began to worry his wife Anna kept saying
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my son is dead he is no longer among the living and she began to weep and mourn
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over her son she kept saying alas I should never have let you leave me my
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child you the light of my eyes and Tobit would reply hush my sister do not worry
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all is well with him something has happened there to delay them His companion is someone we can trust one of
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our Kinsmen at that do not lose heart my sister he will soon be here but all she
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would say was leave me alone do not try to deceive me my child is dead and every
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day she would go abruptly out to watch the road by which her son had left she
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trusted no eyes but her own once the sun had set she would come home again only
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to weep and moan all night unable to sleep after the 14 days of feasting that
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regel had sworn to keep for his daughter's marriage Tobias came to him and said let me go now my father and
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mother must have lost all hope of seeing me again so I beg you father to let me
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return to my father's house I have told you the plight he was in when I left him
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regel said to Tobias stay my son stay with me I shall send Messengers to your
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father Tobit to give him news of you but Tobias pressed him no I beg you to let
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me go back to my father's house without more Ado regel committed Sarah his bride
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into his keeping he gave to BU is half his wealth slaves men and women oxen and
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sheep donkeys and camels clothes and money and household things and so he let
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them leave happily to Tobias he said these parting words good health my son
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and a happy Journey may the Lord of Heaven be gracious to you and to your wife Sarah I hope to see your children
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before I die to his daughter Sarah he said go now to your father-in-law's
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house since henceforward they are as much your parents as those who gave you life go in peace my da daughter I hope
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to hear nothing but good of you as long as I live he said goodbye to them and
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let them go Edna in her turn said to Tobias dear son and brother may it
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please the Lord to bring you back again I hope to live long enough to see the children of you and my daughter Sarah
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before I die in the sight of the Lord I give my daughter into your keeping never
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make her unhappy as long as you live go in peace my son hence forward I am your
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mother and Sarah is your sister may we all live happily for the rest of our
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lives and she kissed them both and saw them set out happily Tobias left ruel's
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house with his mind at ease in his gladness he bless the Lord of Heaven and Earth the king of all that is for the
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happy issue of his travels he gave this blessing to regel and his wife Edna May
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It Be my happiness to honor you for the rest of my life
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Tobit chapter 11 they were nearly at kazarin opposite Nineveh when Raphael
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said you know the plight in which we left your father let us go on ahead of your wife and prepare the house
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ourselves while she travels behind with the others they went on together Raphael
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warned Tobias to take the G with him and the dog followed them Anna was sitting
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watching the road by which her son would come she was sure at once it must be he
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and said to the Father Here Comes Your Son With His companion Raphael said to
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Tobias before he reached his father I give you my word that your father's eyes will open you must put the fish's Gall
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to his eyes the medicine will smart and will draw a filmy white skin off his eyes and your father will no more be
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blind but will be able to see the light the mother ran forward and threw her arms around her son's neck now I can die
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she said I have seen you again and she wept Tobit Rose to his feet and stumbled
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across the courtyard through the door Tobias came on towards him he had the fish's G in his
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hand he blew into his eyes and said steadying him take courage father with
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this he applied the medicine left it there a while then with both hands peeled away a filmy skin from the the
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corners of his eyes then his father fell on his neck and wept he exclaimed I can
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see you my son the light of my eyes and he said blessed be God blessed be his
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great name Blessed Be All His Holy Angels blessed be his great name forever
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more for having Afflicted me he has had pity on me and now I see my son Tobias
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Tobias went indoors joyfully blessed blessing God at the top of his voice
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then he told his father everything how his journey had been successful and he had brought the silver back how his
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journey had been successful and he had brought the silver back how he had married Sarah the daughter of regel how
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she was following him now close behind and could not be far from the gates of Nineveh Tobit set off to the gates of
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Nineveh to meet his daughter-in-law giving joyful praise to God as he went
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when the people of Nineveh saw him walking without a guide and stepping forward as briskly as of old they were
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astonished tobet described to them how God had taken pity on him and had opened
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his eyes then tobat met Sarah the Bride of his son Tobias and blessed her in
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these words welcome Daughter Blessed Be Your God for sending you to us my
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daughter blessings on your father blessings on my son Tobias blessings on
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yourself my daughter welcome now to your one house in joyfulness and den
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blessedness come in my daughter that day brought Joy to the Jews of Nineveh and
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his cousins aakar and naab came to share in Toot's
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happiness Tobit chapter 12 when the wedding Feast was over Tobit called his
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son to bias and said my son you ought to think about paying the amount due to
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your fellow Traveler give him more than the figure agreed on father he replied how much am I to give
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him for his help even if I give him half the goods he brought back with me I
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shall not be the loser he has brought me back safe and sound he has cured my wife
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he has brought the money back too and now he has cured you as well how much am I to give him for all this Tobit said he
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has richly earned half what he brought back so Tobias called His companion and
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said take half of what you brought back in payment for all you have done and go
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in peace then Raphael took them both aside and said bless God utter his
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praise before all the living for the favor he has shown you bless and extol his name Proclaim before all people the
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Deeds of God as they deserve and never Tire of giving him thanks it is right to
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keep the secret of a king yet right to reveal and publish The Works of of God as they deserve do what is good and no
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evil can befall you prayer with fasting and arms with uprightness are better than riches with iniquity better to
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practice arms giving than to hoard up gold arms giving saves from death and
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purges every kind of sin those who give arms have their fill of days Those who
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commit sin and do evil bring harm on themselves I'm going to tell you the whole truth hiding nothing from you you
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I've already told you that it is right to keep the secret of a king yet right too to reveal in a worthy way the words
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of God so you must know that when you and Sarah were at prayer it was I who
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offered your supplications before the glory of the Lord and who read them so too when you were burying the dead when
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you did not hesitate to get up and leave the table to go and bury a dead man I was sent to test your faith and at the
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same time God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah I am Raphael
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one of the Seven Angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord they were both overwhelmed
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with awe they fell on their faces in Terror but the angel saido not be afraid
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peace be with you bless God forever as far as I was concerned when I was with
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you my presence was not by any decision of mine but by the will of God he is the
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one whom you must bless as long as you live he the one that you must praise you thought you saw me eating but that was
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appearance and no more now bless the Lord on Earth and give thanks to God I
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am about to return to him who sent me from above write down all that has
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happened and he rose in the air when they stood up again he was no longer
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visible they praised god with him they thanked him for having performed such
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wonders had not an angel of God appeared to them
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Tobit chapter 13 and he said blessed be God who lives forever for his Reign
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endures throughout all ages for he both punishes and pardons he sends people
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down to the depths of the underworld and draws them up from utter destruction no one can escape his hand declare his
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praise before the Nations you who are the children of Israel for if he has
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scattered you among them there too he has shown you his greatness exall him
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before all the living he is our Lord and He Is Our God he is our father and he is
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God forever and ever though he punishes you for your iniquities he will take
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pity on you all he will gather you from every nation wherever you have been scattered if you return to him with all
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your heart and all your soul behaving honestly towards him then he will return to you and hide his face from you no
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longer consider how well he has treated you loudly give him thanks bless the
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Lord of justice and extal the king of the ages I for my part sing his praise
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in the country of my Exile I make his power and greatness known to a nation that has sinned Sinners return to him
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let your conduct be upright before him perhaps he will be gracious to you and take pity on you I for my part exall god
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and my soul re Joes in the king of Heaven let his greatness be on every tongue his Praises be sung in Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Holy City God has scourged you for what you have done but will still take pity on the children of the upright
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thank the Lord as he deserves and bless the king of the ages that your temple may be rebuilt with joy within you
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within you he may Comfort every Exile and within you he may love all those who are distressed for all generations to
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come bright light will shine over all the regions of the earth many nations
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will come from far away from all the ends of the Earth to dwell close to the Holy Name Of The Lord God with gifts in
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their hands for the king of Heaven within you generation after generation will Proclaim their joy and the name of
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her who is elect will endure through the generations to come cursed be any who affront you cursed be any who destroy
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you who throw down your walls who raise your Towers who burn your houses
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eternally Blessed Be he who rebuilds you then you will exalt and rejoice over the
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children of the upright for they will all have been gathered in and Will Bless The Lord of the ages blessed are those
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who love you bless those who Rejoice over your peace bless those who have mourned over all your punishment for
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they will soon Rejoice within you witness all your blessedness in days to come my soul blesses the Lord the great
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king because Jerusalem will be built a new and his house forever and ever what Bliss if one of my family be left to see
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your glory and praise the King of Heaven the Gates of Jerusalem will be built of sapphire and of emerald and all your
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walls of precious stone the towers of Jerusalem will built of gold and their battlements of pure gold the streets of
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Jerusalem will be paved with Ruby and with stones from oer the Gates of Jerusalem will ReSound with songs of
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exaltation and all her houses will say Allelujah blessed be the god of Israel
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within you they will bless the Holy Name forever and
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ever Tobit chapter 14 the end of the hymns of Tobit Tobit died when he was
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112 years old and received an honorable burial in ninva he had been 62 when he
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went blind and after his cure he lived in Comfort practicing almsgiving and
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continually praising God and extoling His greatness when he was at the point of death he summoned his son to bias and
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gave him these instructions my son take your children and hurry away to Media
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since I believe the word of God pronounced over Nineveh by nahem everything will come true everything
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happened that the emissaries of God the prophets of Israel have predicted against Assyria and Nineveh not one of
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their words will prove empty it will all take place in due time you will be safer
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in media than in Assyria or in Babylonia since I for my part know and believe
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that everything God has said will come true so it will be and not a word of the
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prophecies will fail a census will be taken of our brothers living in the land of Israel and they will be exiled far
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from their own Fair country the entire territory of Israel will become a desert
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and Samaria and Jerusalem will become a desert and the House of God for a time
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will be laid wasted and burnt then once again God will take pity on them and
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bring them back to the land of Israel they will rebuild his house although it
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will be less beautiful than the first until the time is fulfilled but after
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this all will return from captivity and rebuild Jerusalem in all her glory and
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the house of God will be rebuilt within her as the prophets of Israel have foretold and all the people of the whole
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earth will be converted and will reverence God With all sincerity all will renounce their false gods who have
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led them astray into error and will bless the god of Ages in uprightness all
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the Israelites spared in those days will remember God in sincerity of heart they
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will come and gather in Jerusalem and thereafter dwell securely in the land of Abraham which will be theirs and those
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were Jerusalem in all her glory and the house of God will be rebuilt within her as the prophets of Israel have foretold
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and now my children I lay this Duty on you serve God sincerely and do what is
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pleasing to him and lay on your children the obligation to behave uprightly to
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give arms to keep God in mind and to bless his name always sincerely and with
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all their might so then my son leave Nineveh do not stay here as soon as you
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have buried your mother next to me go the same day whenever it may be and do
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not linger in this country where I see wickedness and perty unashamedly triumphant consider my child all the
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things done by naab to his foster father aikar was not aikar forced to go
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underground though still a living man but God Maddy the criminal pay for his outrage before his victim's eyes since
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aikar came back to the light of day while naab went down to Everlasting darkness in punishment for plotting
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against aar's life because of his his good works aakar escaped the deadly snare naab had laid for him and naab
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fell into it to his own ruin so my children you see what comes of arms giving and what wickedness leads to I
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mean to death but now breath fails me they laid him back on his bed he died
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and was buried with honor when his mother died Tobias buried her beside his
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father then he left for media with his wife and children he lived in E batna
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with regel his father-in-law he treated the Aging parents of his wife with every
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care and respect and later buried them in ebat in midia Tobias inherited the
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patrimony of regel besides that of his father Tobit much honored he lived to
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the age of 117 years before he died he witnessed the ruin of Nineveh he saw the
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nine vites taken prisoner and deported to Media by saker's King of media he
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blessed God for everything he inflicted on the nin vites and Assyrians before
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his death he had the opportunity of rejoicing over the fate of Nineveh and he blessed the Lord God forever and ever
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amen
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