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AND Joachim abode the first day in his house, but on the morrow he brought his offerings and said,
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If the Lord be propitious to me let the plate which is on the priest's forehead [*27:1] make it manifest.
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And he consulted the plate which the priest wore, and saw it, and behold sin was not found in him.
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And Joachim said, Now I know that the Lord is propitious to me, and hath taken away all my sins.
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And he went down from the temple of the Lord justified, and he went to his own house.
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And when nine months were fulfilled to Anna, she brought forth, and said to the midwife, What have I brought forth?
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And she told her, a girl.
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Then Anna said, the Lord hath this day magnified my soul; and she laid her in bed.
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And when the days of her purification were accomplished, she gave suck to the child, and called her name Mary.
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Footnotes ^27:1 Such an instrument God had appointed the high-priest to wear for such discoveries. See Exod. xxviii. 36, &c., and Spencer de Urim et Thummim.
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