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    God’s favor rests on those who attend to justice,
        who devote themselves to doing what is right,
    Who keep the Sabbath and don’t disregard or belittle it,
        who keep from doing what is wrong: destructive, deceitful, or violent.

No stranger who has put trust in the Eternal should ever say,
    I don’t count. I’m not part of Eternal’s chosen people.”
And no eunuch should ever say,
    “I am all dried up, worthless and empty.”
For this is what the Eternal has to say:

Eternal One: The eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
        make good choices, and follow the terms of My covenant
        will blossom with My blessing.

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Blessed(A) is the one who does this—
    the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath(B) without desecrating it,
    and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

Let no foreigner(C) who is bound to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”(D)
And let no eunuch(E) complain,
    “I am only a dry tree.”

For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs(F) who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant(G)

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