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But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince. His inheritance shall be only his sons'; it shall belong to them.

Now the prince shall not take from the people's inheritance, mistreating them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession."'"

When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he had me pass through the water, water reaching the ankles.

And it will be that in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance," declares Lord Yahweh.

Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek Yahweh their God and David their king; and they will come in dread to Yahweh and to His goodness in the last days.

Then Ephraim saw his sickness,And Judah his sore,So Ephraim went to AssyriaAnd sent to King Jareb.But he is unable to heal youOr to cure you of your sore.

On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine;He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

Strangers devour his power,Yet he does not know it;Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,Yet he does not know it.

So Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

Ephraim, as I have seen,Is planted in a pasture like Tyre;But Ephraim will bring out his children for killing.

Israel is a luxuriant vine;He produces fruit for himself.The more abundant his fruit,The more altars he abounded;The better his land,The better he made the sacred pillars.

They will walk after Yahweh;He will roar like a lion;Indeed, He will roar,And His sons will come trembling from the west.

And Yahweh has a contention with JudahAnd will punish Jacob according to his ways;He will cause everything to return to him according to his deeds.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel,And in his maturity he wrestled with God.

Indeed, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;He wept and sought His favor.He found Him at Bethel,And there He spoke with us,

Even Yahweh, the God of hosts,Yahweh is His name of remembrance.

Ephraim has provoked to bitter anger;So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on himAnd cause his reproach to return to him.

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;His sin is stored up.

Though he is fruitful among the reeds,An east wind will come,The wind of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness;And his fountain will become dry,And his spring will be dried up;It will plunder his treasury of every desirable article.