to The has birthright giv’n God us

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