1Forsothe Josaphat, kyng of Juda, turnede ayen pesibli in to his hows in to Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 18:32, 2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 18:32

2Whom the profete Hieu, the sone of Ananye, mette, and seide to hym, Thou yyuest help to a wickid man, and thou art ioyned bi frendschip to hem that haten the Lord; and therfor sotheli thou deseruedist the wraththe of the Lord;

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Psalms 139:21, Psalms 139:22, Psalms 139:21, Psalms 139:22, James 4:4

3but good werkis ben foundyn in thee, for thou didist awey wodis fro the lond of Juda, and thou hast maad redi thin herte, for to seke the Lord God of thi fadris.

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2 Chronicles 12:12, 2 Chronicles 12:12, Ezra 7:10, 1 Kings 14:13, Ezra 7:10

4Therfor Josaphat dwellide in Jerusalem; and eft he yede out to the puple fro Bersabee til to the hil of Effraym, and he clepide hem ayen to the Lord God of her fadris.

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2 Chronicles 15:8, 2 Chronicles 15:13, 2 Chronicles 15:8, 2 Chronicles 15:13, 1 Samuel 7:3

5And he ordeynede iugis of the lond in alle the strengthid citees of Juda, bi ech place.

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Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, 1 Peter 2:13

6And he comaundide to the iugis, and seide, Se ye, what ye doen; for ye vsen not the doom of man, but of the Lord; and what euere thing ye demen, schal turne `in to you;

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Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 1:17, Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:15, 1 Chronicles 28:10

7the drede of the Lord be with you, and do ye alle thingis with diligence; for anentis `youre Lord God is no wickidnesse, nether takynge of persoones, nether coueitise of yiftis.

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Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:4, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:25, Romans 2:11

8Also in Jerusalem Josaphat ordeynede dekenes, and preestis, and the princes of meynees of Israel, that thei schulden deme the doom and cause of the Lord to the dwellers of it.

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2 Chronicles 17:8, 2 Chronicles 17:9, 2 Chronicles 17:8, 2 Chronicles 17:9, Exodus 18:19

9And he comaundide to hem, and seide, Thus ye schulen do in the drede of the Lord, feithfuli and in perfite herte.

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2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:7, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Deuteronomy 1:16

10Ech cause that cometh to you of youre britheren, that dwellen in her citees, bitwixe kynrede and kynrede, where euere is questioun of the lawe, of `the comaundement, of cerymonyes, `ether sacrifices, of iustifyingis, schewe ye to hem, that thei do not synne ayens the Lord, and that wraththe com not on you and on youre britheren. Therfor ye doynge thus schulen not do synne.

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Deuteronomy 17:8, Deuteronomy 17:13, Deuteronomy 17:8, Deuteronomy 17:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:14

11Forsothe Amarie, youre preest and bischop, schal be souereyn in these thingis, that perteynen to God. Sotheli Zabadie, the sone of Ismael, which is duyk in the hows of Juda, schal be on tho werkis that perteynen to the office of the kyng, and ye han maistris dekenes bifor you; be ye coumfortid, and do ye diligentli, and the Lord schal be with you in goodis.

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Psalms 18:25, Psalms 18:26, 2 Chronicles 19:8, Psalms 18:25, Psalms 18:26