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And Toviyt finished his words of praise. And he was fifty-eight years old when he lost his sight, and after eight years he saw again. And he continued giving in righteousness, and he increased in the fear of Yahuah Elohim and in confessing Him.
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And he became very old. And he called Toviyah his son and the sons of Toviyah, and said to him: “My son, take your sons. See, I have grown old, and I am near to departing from life.
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Go into Media, my son, for I surely believe the Word of Elohim that Nahum spoke concerning Nineveh— that all these things shall come upon it. And everything spoken by the prophets of Yisra’el, whom Elohim sent, shall come to pass. Not one Word of them shall fail, but all shall be fulfilled in their appointed times. Therefore it shall be safer in Media than in Ashshur or Bavel. For I know and believe that everything Elohim has spoken shall be established and shall come to pass, and not one Word of the prophecies shall fall.
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And our brothers who dwell in the land of Yisra’el shall all be scattered and carried captive from the good land. And Yerushalayim shall become desolate, and the House of Elohim within it shall be burned, and it shall remain desolate for a time.
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But again Elohim shall have mercy upon them, and He shall return them to the land of Yisra’el. And they shall rebuild the House— not like the former one, until the times appointed are fulfilled. Afterward they shall all return from their captivity and build Yerushalayim in splendor, and the House of Elohim shall be built within it for all generations forever, just as the prophets of Yisra’el spoke concerning it.
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And all the nations throughout the whole earth shall turn and truly fear Elohim. And they shall all forsake their idols, which deceived them and caused them to walk in error.
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And they shall bless the Elohim of the Ages in righteousness. And all the sons of Yisra’el who are delivered in those days, remembering Elohim in truth, shall be gathered together. And they shall come to Yerushalayim and dwell securely forever in the land of Avraham, and it shall be given to them. And those who love Elohim in truth shall rejoice, but those who practice sin and crookedness shall cease from all the earth.
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And now, my children, I command you: Serve Elohim in truth, and do what is pleasing before Him. And command your children to practice Righteousness and righteous giving, and to remember Elohim, and to bless His Name at every time in truth and with all their strength.
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And now, my son Toviyah, depart from Nineveh. Do not remain here.
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On the day you bury your mother beside me, do not spend another night within its borders. For I see that much crookedness is within it and much deceit is practiced in it, and they are not ashamed. See, my son, what Nadav did to Achiachar, who had raised him. Was he not brought alive into the earth? Yet Elohim returned the reproach upon Nadav before his own face. And Achiachar came out into the light, while Nadav entered everlasting darkness because he sought to kill Achiachar. Because Achiachar practiced righteousness, he escaped the snare of death that Nadav had set for him. But Nadav himself fell into the snare and perished.
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And now, my children, see what righteousness does, and what crookedness does— for crookedness kills. But see, my being is departing.” And they laid him upon the bed, and he died. And he was buried with honor.
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And when Channah his mother died, Toviyah buried her beside his father. Then he and his ishah departed for Media and lived with Re’u’el his father-in-law in Ecbatana.
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And he cared for them honorably in their old age. And he buried them in Ecbatana of Media. And he inherited the house of Re’u’el and that of Toviyt his father.
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And he died in honor at the age of one hundred seventeen years.
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But before he died, he heard concerning the destruction of Nineveh, and he saw its captives being led into Media. And Toviyah rejoiced over all that Elohim had done to Nineveh and Ashshur. And before he died, he rejoiced over Nineveh’s destruction and blessed Yahuah Elohim forever and ever.