Sirach 46 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

Joshua

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who never turned from the Lord

to worship idols.

And we still honor them

because they were faithful.

12Though they are now dead,

we pray their good names

will be honored by the way

their descendants live.

The Prophet Samuel

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15The people knew that Samuel

spoke for the Lord,

because Samuel was faithful,

and his words came true.

16One time, Israel's enemies

attacked from every side,

but Samuel prayed

to the Mighty Lord

and sacrificed a lamb.

17Then the Lord thundered

his answer from heaven

18and defeated the leaders

of Tyre and Philistia.

19Before Samuel died,

he asked the Lord and the king

to be his witnesses

so that no one could accuse him

of ever taking anything

that wasn't rightfully his—

not even a pair of sandals.

20And then, after he had died,

he spoke from the grave

and predicted King Saul's death,

which brought to an end

Saul's disobedience.