1 Esdras 6:31
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He further commanded that if anyone should disobey any of the things previously mentioned or previously written, or attempt to cancel them, a beam should be taken out of the house of the guilty, who then should be hung on it, and all their possessions forfeited to the king.
in order that libations may be made to the Most High God for the king and his children, and prayers be offered for their lives.’
He commanded that if anyone should transgress or nullify any of the things herein written, a beam should be taken out of the house of the perpetrator, who then should be impaled upon it and all property forfeited to the king.
in order that libations may be made to the Most High God for the king and his children, and prayers be offered for their life.”
also that there be offered offerings of liquors (or of liquid sacrifices) to the highest God, for the king, and for his children, and pray they for the life of them.
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