Category: tobit

Many years have passed. Tobit is very old. He summons his prodigy. Speaking from the Scriptures, Tobit offers them his final guidance and then passes away.
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Tobit says we are tabernacles of the Most High God. He foresees all nations drawn to faith in the One God. They rejoice with Jerusalem, and grieve with her.
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Tobit and Tobias offer Raphael a gift. Raphael encourages them to give it to the poor. Then he reveals his identity as an archangel and ascends into heaven.
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Tobias anoints his father’s eyes with the fish gall. Tobit’s sight is restored. He praises God, then rushes to welcome his daughter-in-law Sarah.
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Tobit and Anna worry that Tobias has not returned home yet. And in Ecbatana, Raguel gives Tobias and Sarah enormous wealth, and sends them to Nineveh.
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Tobias needs to go get his father’s money from Gabael in Rages of Media. So he sends Raphael, whom he obviously trusts. Raphael brings back bags of money. Continue reading “Tobit chapter 9”

Tobias and Sarah burn the special incense. The demon flees, and Raphael binds it. They celebrate with a feast. And Tobias begins to bring joy to Sarah.
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Raphael suggests that Sarah and Tobias marry. Raguel approves without asking Sarah. But he warns that she was married seven times, and all seven died.
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At the river Tigris, Tobias catches a huge fish. Raphael says its entrails can be used for an exorcism. And its guts can heal a certain type of blindness.
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