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Every city and country, without exception, that fails to observe this decree shall be ruthlessly destroyed with sword and fire. It will then be ever left untrodden not only by men but by the beasts and birds as well. (Esther 16, 24)
Job, a blameless and upright man who feared God and shunned evil, once lived in the land of Uz. (Job 1, 1)
Owner of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys and a large number of servants, he was considered the greatest man among the people of the East. (Job 1, 3)
His sons used to take turns holding banquets in their homes and they would invite their three sisters to dine and drink with them. (Job 1, 4)
After each series of banquets, Job would send for his sons and daughters and have them purified. He would rise early in the morning, offer a holocaust for each of his children, thinking, "Perhaps they have sinned and blasphemed God in their hearts." This had been quite a routine for Job. (Job 1, 5)
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan came with them. (Job 1, 6)
Yahweh asked again, "Have you noticed my servant Job? No one on earth is as blameless and upright as he, a man who fears God and avoids evil." (Job 1, 8)
But Satan returned the question, "Does Job fear God for nothing? (Job 1, 9)
Have you not built a protective wall around him and his family and all his possessions? You have blessed and prospered him, with his livestock all over the land. (Job 1, 10)
But stretch out your hand and strike where his riches are, and I bet he will curse you to your face." (Job 1, 11)
Yahweh said to Satan, "Very well, all that he has is in your power. But do not lay a finger upon the man himself." So Satan left the presence of Yahweh. (Job 1, 12)
One day, while his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their eldest brother, (Job 1, 13)