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1 ) Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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2 ) Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
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3 ) If when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people,
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4 ) Then whosoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
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5 ) He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning, his blood shall be upon him. But he that takes warning shall deliver his soul.
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6 ) But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
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7 ) So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel, therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
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8 ) When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at yours hand.
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9 ) Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.