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1 Chronicles 11:19

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ מֵאֱלֹהַ֒י מֵעֲשׂ֣וֹת זֹּ֔את הֲדַ֨ם הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֖ם כִּ֣י בְנַפְשׁוֹתָ֣ם הֵבִיאֻ֔הָ וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑הּ אֵ֖לֶּה עָשׂ֥וּ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃
vayoʾmer ḥaliylah liy meʾelohay meʿasvot zoʾt hadam haʾanashiym haʾeleh ʾeshteh bnapshvotam kiy bnapshvotam hebiyʾuha vloʾ ʾabah lishtvotah ʾeleh ʿasv shloshet hagiboriym
King James Version (KJV)

And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

Modern English

and said: Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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