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Gather anew all the tribes of Jacob; be it theirs to know that thou alone art God, to acclaim thy wonders; make them thy loved possession as of old. (Ecclesiasticus 36, 13)
their descendants are a race set apart for God, the pledged heirs of his promises. (Ecclesiasticus 44, 12)
to him the Lord gave that blessing which should extend to all nations. In Jacob’s person, too, the covenant should be revived; (Ecclesiasticus 44, 25)
the blessings Jacob uttered should be ratified, and the lands promised him should be divided among twelve tribes of his own begetting. (Ecclesiasticus 44, 26)
and there, face to face, imparting commandments to him, the law that gives life and wisdom; here, Jacob, was thy covenant, here Israel, the rule thou wast to live by. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 6)
Power was his to administer the divine decrees, a justiciary by right, handing on to Jacob its tradition, giving Israel the law’s light to guide it. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 21)
On Caleb, too, the Lord bestowed such vigour, that in his old age he was a warrior still, and made his way up into the hill-country, where his descendants held their lands after him; (Ecclesiasticus 46, 11)
Well was the divine law kept, when he ruled our commonwealth, and the God of Jacob was gracious to it; here was a prophet of proved loyalty, (Ecclesiasticus 46, 17)
Jacob must have a stock to breed from; the root of David should burgeon yet. (Ecclesiasticus 47, 25)
May life spring from the bones of the twelve prophets, where they lie buried; men that put heart into the sons of Jacob, and by trusting in God’s power won deliverance. (Ecclesiasticus 49, 12)
A multitude of peoples will make their way to it, crying, Come, let us climb up to the Lord’s mountain-peak, to the house where the God of Jacob dwells; he shall teach us the right way, we will walk in the paths he has chosen. The Lord’s commands shall go out from Sion, his word from Jerusalem, (Isaiah 2, 3)
Come you too (they will say), children of Jacob, let us walk together in the path where the Lord shews us light. (Isaiah 2, 5)
