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choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
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esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
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By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.
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By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
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And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
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who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
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quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.