| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: NEH 12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced:
for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
NEH 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for
the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the
tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions
of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the
priests and for the Levites that waited.
NEH 12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their
God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of
David, and of Solomon his son.
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
NEH 3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
of the half part of Jerusalem.
NEH 3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even
over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of
Hashabniah.
NEH 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,
repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
NEH 3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the
ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
NEH 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
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