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Then the three holy men of God departed from our camp, and I walked with them to bring them on their way toward Sodom.
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And the one who had before spoken, said unto me, Abraham, we are from the city of Enoch and are ordained after the holy order of God.
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We have come not only to bless Sarah that thou mightest have seed raised up unto thee out of her, but also on a mission which bringeth us sorrow.
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Nevertheless, the word of the Lord came unto me saying, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I will do?
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Nay, surely for his integrity he shall know what I am about to do.
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Wherefore, Abraham, hast thou looked upon the iniquities of Sodom and her sister cities?
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For they have provoked the Lord with their abominations .
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For four times in each year they gather together to sing and dance before their idol gods and when they are dancing every man layeth hold upon the wives and daughters of his neighbors and lieth with them and this they do without authority from God which thing is an abomination in his sight.
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But, behold, this is the least of their sins.
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For no man is safe who entereth their city, for when a stranger entereth there, they will take from him his goods by force and they will abuse his body, for both men and women will they bind and crowds of the Sodomites will gather about them and lie with them by force until every one who desireth to lie with them hath done so.
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Now it is a wicked thing that men or women should be forced to lie with another against their will, but here the whole city uniteth to force this wicked thing.
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Moreover, when they have stolen a man’s goods and abused his flesh, they will torture him and when they tire of torturing him, they will leave him naked and without food or water to die in the streets of their city and it is forbidden by the law for anyone to help such an one by giving him food or drink.
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Moreover, the people of these cities have numerous idol gods before which they practice every kind of abomination without authority.
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Wherefore, the Lord hath sent us to gather the righteous out of the cities before they are destroyed.
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So saying, the three embraced me and kissed me and went on their way toward Sodom.