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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Job’s Piety. 1In the land of Uz*
there was a blameless and upright man named Job,a who feared God
and avoided evil. 2Seven sons and three daughters were born to
him; 3and he had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,
five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very
large household, so that he was greater than anyone in the
East.* 4His sons used to take turns giving feasts, sending
invitations to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5And when each feast had run its course, Job would send for them
and sanctify them, rising early and offering sacrifices for
every one of them. For Job said, “It may be that my children
have sinned and cursed* God in their hearts.” Job did this
habitually. The Interview Between the Lord and the Satan. 6b One
day, when the sons of God* came to present themselves before the
LORD, the satan also came among them.c 7The LORD said to the
satan, “Where have you