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For he laid the earth’s foundation
on the seas
and built it on the ocean depths.
Who may climb the mountain
of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 Only those whose hands and hearts
are pure,
who do not worship idols
and never tell lies.
5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing
and have a right relationship with
God their savior.
6 Such people may seek you
and worship in your presence,
O God of Jacob.*
Interlude
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Open up, ancient gates!
Open up, ancient doors,
and let the King of glory enter.
8 Who is the King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty;
the Lord, invincible in battle.
9 Open up, ancient gates!
Open up, ancient doors,
and let the King of glory enter.
10 Who is the King of glory?
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
he is the King of glory.
Interlude
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24:6 As in two Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac
versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read O Jacob.
PROVERBS 6:1-5
My child,* if you have put up security for
a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee
the debt of a stranger—if you have
trapped yourself by your agreement and
are caught by what you said— follow my
advice and save yourself, for you have
placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride; go and beg to
have your name erased. Don’t put it off;
do it now! Don’t rest until you do. Save
yourself like a gazelle escaping from a
hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
6:1 Hebrew My son.
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EXODUS 10:1–12:13
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Return to
Pharaoh and make your demands again.
I have made him and his officials stubborn* so I can display my miraculous
signs among them. 2I’ve also done it so
you can tell your children and grandchildren about how I made a mockery of
the Egyptians and about the signs I displayed among them—and so you will
know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord,
the God of the Hebrews, says: How long
will you refuse to submit to me? Let my
people go, so they can worship me. 4If
you refuse, watch out! For tomorrow I
will bring a swarm of locusts on your
country. 5 They will cover the land so
that you won’t be able to see the ground.
They will devour what little is left of
your crops after the hailstorm, including all the trees growing in the fields.
6They will overrun your palaces and the
homes of your officials and all the
houses in Egypt. Never in the history of
Egypt have your ancestors seen a plague
like this one!” And with that, Moses
turned and left Pharaoh.
7Pharaoh’s officials now came to Pharaoh and appealed to him. “How long
will you let this man hold us hostage? Let
the men go to worship the Lord their
God! Don’t you realize that Egypt lies in
ruins?”
8So Moses and Aaron were brought
back to Pharaoh. “All right,” he told them,
“go and worship the Lord your God. But
who exactly will be going with you?”
9 Moses replied, “We will all go—
young and old, our sons and daughters,
and our flocks and herds. We must all
join together in celebrating a festival to
the Lord.”
10Pharaoh retorted, “The Lord will
certainly need to be with you if I let you
