Sermon on the Mountain XXII

Surely

There-fore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall - be one flesh.

And the serpent said unto the work-man, Ye shall not surely die:

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened - their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

gold

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence - it was parted, and became into four heads.

The name of the first is Prison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

frankincense

And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there - be a like - weight:

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection - after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, - pure and holy:

myrrh

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That the sons of God saw the daughters of men - that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

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Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, - after that - she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the work-men, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the work-men;)

Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the work-men unto the king's house.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: there-fore God, - thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above - thy fellows.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

Kings' daughters were among thy honourable work-men: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

For where your trea-sure is there will your heart be also.

ISamuelyeaon-amAllah