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67 And again they read the behests of the king to the king’s dispensers, and to the little-under-kings (or to the under-little-kings) of Celosyria, and of Phenice; and they worshipped the folk and the temple of the Lord. (And they read the commands of the king to the king’s stewards, and to the governors of Greater Syria and Phoenicia; and they honoured the people and the Temple of the Lord.)

68 And after these things were ended, they came to me, saying,

69 The kindred of Israel, and the princes, and the priests, and Levites (or deacons), and alien folks, and (the) nations of the land, have not parted away [or severed] their uncleannesses from the Canaanites, and Hittites, and from (the) Perizzites, and Jebusites, and from the Moabites, and Egyptians, and Idumeans (or Edomites);

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