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Meanwhile, I with my people dwelt in Bethel where we did worship the Lord our God after the order of the Ancients and did strive diligently to establish the holy order of God among us in ever increasing perfection.
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Wherefore, we did banish from among us all contention, all covetousness, all selfishness, and we were of one heart and of one mind and dedicated in all our service unto the Lord and held all things common for no man called anything his own.