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In this verse we have three weighty reasons against abstaining from sin.

I. IT PROVOKES GOD. This will be more impressively realised if we reflect that He is a being of —

1. Infinite purity.

2. Infinite patience.

II. IT DEPRIVES THE SINNER OF HIS PROTECTION.

III. IT STRIPS THE SINNER OF POWER TO BATTLE WITH HIS FOES. Guilt robs a man of courage. The consciousness of right action in a righteous cause is the mightiest inspiration in conflict and the surest defence in peril.

(William Jones.).

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KJV: The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

WEB: The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;