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Ecclesiasticus 45:28-31 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

28. Phinees the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, by imitating him in the fear of the Lord:

29. And he stood up in the shameful fall of the people: in the goodness and readiness of his soul he appeased God for Israel.

30. Therefore he made to him a covenant of peace, to be the prince of the sanctuary, and of his people, that the dignity of priesthood should be to him and to his seed for ever.

31. And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting.

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