The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
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Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression 'to get fired.'
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Micah 5:2:
'But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.'
(NIV)
But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity). [Gen. 49:10; Matt. 2:5-12; John 7:42.](AMP)
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
(KJV)
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Numbers 1:2:
'Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.'
(NIV)
Take a census of all the males of the congregation of the Israelites by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head.
(AMP)
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
(KJV)
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Jeremiah 2:4:
Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel.
(NIV)
Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
(AMP)
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
(KJV)
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