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Zechariah 7:3

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speak: Deuteronomy 17:9-11, Deuteronomy 33:10; Ezekiel 44:23-24; Hosea 4:6; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:7

Should: Zechariah 7:5; Nehemiah 8:9-11, Nehemiah 9:1-3; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Isaiah 22:12-13; Joel 2:17; Matthew 9:15; James 4:8-10

fifth: This was a fast for the burning of the temple, as that of the seventh month was for the death of Gedaliah; and seeing that the city and temple were in part rebuilt, they wished to know whether they should continue the observance of them. Zechariah 8:19; 2 Kings 25:8-9; Jeremiah 52:12-14

separating: Zechariah 12:12-14; 1 Corinthians 7:5

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