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Blessed is the one who does this,
    and the person that holds it fast,
who observes the Sabbath without profaning it,
    and restrains his hands[a] from practicing any evil.

“Let[b] no foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say:
    ‘The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.’
Furthermore, let no eunuch say,
    ‘Look![c] I am just a dry tree.’”
For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths,
    who choose the things that please me,
        and who hold fast my covenant—

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:2 So 1QIsaa LXX 1QIsab MT read hand
  2. Isaiah 56:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read And let
  3. Isaiah 56:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; LXX lacks Look!