“So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.””

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.