Exodus 5:1
Making Bricks Without Straw
1Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold aa feast to me in the wilderness.’”Deuteronomy 16:11
11And byou shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.Nehemiah 8:9-12
This Day Is Holy
9And Nehemiah, who was cthe governor, and Ezra dthe priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, e“This day is holy to the Lord your God; fdo not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and gsend portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because hthey had understood the words that were declared to them.
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