And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.