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Tobit 1:15-17
Common English Bible
Tobit 1:15-17
Common English Bible
15 When Shalmaneser died, Sennacherib his son ruled in his place. The roads to Media became dangerous,[a] and I couldn’t travel there any longer.
Tobit is harassed for his pious acts
16 During the time of Shalmaneser, I gave away a lot of money to my relatives, my fellow Jews. 17 I gave a portion of my food to the hungry and clothes to the naked. Whenever I saw that the corpse of anyone from my nation had been flung outside the wall of Nineveh, I buried it.
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- Tobit 1:15 Or slipped from his control
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