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16 “And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick, and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions.’ And take one stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 And join them one to one for yourself into one stick, and they will become as one in your hand. 18 And when the sons of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show to us what these are to you??’ 19 Say to them, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Behold, I I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions, and I will join them upon it with the stick of Judah, and I will make them one stick; and they will become one in My hand.’ 20 And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 And you shall say to them, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Behold, I am taking the sons of Israel from the nations to which they have gone there, and I will gather them from all around, and I will bring them into their own land. 22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be over them all as king; and will they be no longer as two nations, and they will not be divided anymore as two kingdoms again. Ezekiel 37:16-22, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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