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22 The lotus plants give it shade
    among the willows beside the stream.

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22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream(A) surround it.

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He also took a seedling from the land
    and planted it in fertile soil.
He placed it beside a broad river,
    where it could grow like a willow tree.

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“‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,(A)

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The people grab their possessions
    and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.

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So the wealth they have acquired(A) and stored up
    they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.

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40 On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees[a]—palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:40 Or gather fruit from majestic trees.

40 On the first day you are to take branches(A) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees(B)—and rejoice(C) before the Lord your God for seven days.

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