The Concluding Blessing

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When Shlomo had finished praying all this prayer and plea to ADONAI, he got up from in front of the altar of ADONAI, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven,

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stood up, and raised his voice to bless the whole community of Isra'el. He said,

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"Blessed be ADONAI, who has given rest to his people Isra'el, in accordance with everything he promised. Not one word has failed of his good promise, which he made through Moshe his servant.

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May ADONAI our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us.

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In this way he will incline our hearts toward him, so that we will live according to his ways and observe his mitzvot, laws and rulings which he ordered our fathers to obey.

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May these words of mine, which I have used in my plea before ADONAI, be present with ADONAI our God day and night, so that he will uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Isra'el day by day.

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Then all the peoples of the earth will know that ADONAI is God; there is no other.

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So be wholehearted with ADONAI our God, living by his laws and observing his mitzvot, as you are doing today."

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