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53 After all, you, Adonay Yahweh, set them apart from all the people of the world
    to be your own as you promised through your servant Moses
        when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

Solomon Blesses the People

54 When Solomon finished praying this prayer for mercy to Yahweh, he stood in front of Yahweh’s altar, where he had been kneeling with his hands stretched out toward heaven. 55 Then he stood and in a loud voice blessed the entire assembly of Israel,

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53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(A) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55 He stood and blessed(B) the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

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