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For we must needs diez, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; χneither doth God respecta any person: yet doth he devise meansb, that his banished be not expelledc from him.

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Job 34:15• ¹⁵All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust. (Job 34:15)

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Psa. 90:3,10• ³Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:3,10)

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Heb. 9:27• ²⁷And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment; (Heb. 9:27)

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or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised.

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Job 34:19• ¹⁹How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. (Job 34:19)

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Matt. 22:16• ¹⁶And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person; (Matt. 22:16)

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Acts 10:34• ³⁴And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, (Acts 10:34)

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Rom. 2:11• ¹¹for there is no acceptance of persons with God. (Rom. 2:11)

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Num. 35:24• ²⁴then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments; (Num. 35:24)

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Lev. 26:40• ⁴⁰And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfulness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary unto me, (Lev. 26:40)

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Isa. 50:1‑2• ¹Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
²Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst. (Isa. 50:1‑2)

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Lam. 3:31‑32• ³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
³²but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: (Lam. 3:31‑32)

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2 Sam. 11:25• ²⁵Then David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another: make thy battle strong against the city, and overthrow it;--and encourage him. (2 Sam. 11:25)

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Job 30:23• ²³For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living. (Job 30:23)

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Job 34:15• ¹⁵All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust. (Job 34:15)

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Psa. 90:3,10• ³Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:3,10)

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Eccl. 3:19‑20• ¹⁹For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.
²⁰All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust. (Eccl. 3:19‑20)

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Eccl. 9:5• ⁵For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. (Eccl. 9:5)

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Heb. 9:27• ²⁷And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment; (Heb. 9:27)

as water.

Job 14:7‑12,14• ⁷For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
⁸Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
¹⁰But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
¹¹The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
¹⁴(If a man die, shall he live again?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come: (Job 14:7‑12,14)

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Psa. 22:14• ¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. (Psa. 22:14)

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Psa. 79:3• ³Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. (Psa. 79:3)

neither, etc.

or, because God hath not taken away his life,he hath also devised means, etc.

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Deut. 10:17• ¹⁷For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great *God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward; (Deut. 10:17)

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Job 34:19• ¹⁹How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. (Job 34:19)

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Matt. 22:16• ¹⁶And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person; (Matt. 22:16)

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Acts 10:34• ³⁴And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, (Acts 10:34)

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Rom. 2:11• ¹¹for there is no acceptance of persons with God. (Rom. 2:11)

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1 Peter 1:17• ¹⁷And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear, (1 Peter 1:17)

he devise.

Ex. 21:13• ¹³But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered him into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee. (Ex. 21:13)

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Lev. 26:40• ⁴⁰And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfulness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary unto me, (Lev. 26:40)

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Num. 35:15,25,28• ¹⁵For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.
²⁵and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
²⁸for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession. (Num. 35:15,25,28)

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Isa. 50:1‑2• ¹Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
²Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst. (Isa. 50:1‑2)

• Joab had in mind to secure a future position for himself with Absalom, who would certainly be thankful to him for having brought him back to the court. And in order to carry out this scheme Joab had the audacity to vouch for God's mind before the king. (“Joab: 2 Samuel 14” by H.L. Rossier)

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For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.