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9 ) On the next day, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
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10 ) And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
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11 ) And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
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12 ) Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
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13 ) And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter, kill, and eat.
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14 ) But Peter said, Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
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15 ) And the voice spoke unto him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not you common.
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16 ) This was done three times: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.