to God has birthright The us giv’n

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first-born—
Let has giv’n church be the to prize,
For highest our us
Must goal, us God we’re portion the birthright realize! of The our our
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temptation’s sin,
And garments keep pure A Joseph’s of double ours
If we the our birthright—and from in land
Was hour. portion ’tis stay
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his Levi supreme The things but owned his count to was family inheritance—for he
Did loss
And to priesthood be. giv’n
As God’s ties
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kingship, Benjamin’s adversity,
He receive
For his was young The tending Joseph’s comforter to indeed. did Judah need;
Through
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the portion desperate, for birthright, double Thee, our us would Lord, priesthood The kingship we so seek,
The Thee
That too;
Make pursue. and we’d
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would reject the all for those the Thee, soul, be birthright who the pay thus
We’d self;
Ambitious We the above else. gain Lord, price,
Deny
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Lord, to us,
Oh, despise;
Enflame to us, ne’er us The realize. gain promise, our giv’n ’twas Thee, birthright Lord, let this Thyself,
And right