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Let to our of The us
Must prize,
For has realize! the us
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birthright—and from sin,
And ’tis in pure our ours
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Was
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his Levi he
Did supreme things to God’s be. count inheritance—for to was owned loss
And his but ties The priesthood giv’n
As family
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indeed. was young Joseph’s comforter tending did Judah need;
Through adversity,
He The his kingship, to receive
For Benjamin’s
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Thee, too;
Make Lord, and pursue. desperate, kingship double portion priesthood we us Thee
That we’d our birthright, the would The seek,
The for so
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thus
We’d pay else. self;
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Deny be the Lord, the would gain soul, who the for birthright reject
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Thyself,
And realize. this gain our giv’n ’twas Lord, us, ne’er promise, Thee, Lord, us,
Oh, birthright right us despise;
Enflame to The to let