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But it must remain with us perpetually, although we have not paid it all the honour which is its due and you, although it be not with you, must honour it, and revere it according to what is due to it and whatis meet. For God said unto Eli by the mouth of Samuel the I wished you to remain, thou and thy Prophet, ; ' father's house, to offer up incense to the Tabernacle of My Law, and to dwell before Me for ever, but now I have repented. I will turn My face away from thee because thou hast treated My offerings with contempt, and hast preferred thy sons to Me. And now, him that honoureth Me I will honour, and him that esteemeth Me and I will destroy all thy lightly I will esteem lightly This He said because the Levites had esteemed seed.' x Him lightly. And say unto him Take this covering of Zion, and this votive gift shall be in the place of it, and And when thou takest an place it in thy sanctuary. oath and makest another to take an oath, swear thou and make him to swear by it, so that thou dost not make mention of the names of other gods of the heathen. And when thou sacrificest let thy face be towards us, and sacrifice to Jerusalem and the holy Zion and when thou prayest let thy face be towards Jerusalem, and ; : ; pray towards us." 52. How ZADOK THE PRIEST DEPARTED And Zadok the priest went and gave David the covering of Zion, and he delivered unto him all the commands which Solomon had spoken. And David, the son of Solomon, rejoiced because of this, and he marvelled and held himself to be blessad exceedingly, and said, when the covering of the Tabernacle of the Law " This shall be to of God was committed to his charge, me my Lady." And Azaryas answered and said before " Thou rejoices t over the covering, but how his father, very much more wilt thou rejoice over the Lady of the 1 76 I Samuel ii, 29-34.