Tobit 6:1-9

1. 1 And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.

2. 2 And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.

3. 3 Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.

4. 4 To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.

5. 5 So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatane.

6. 6 Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?

7. 7 And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed

8. 8 As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.

9. 9 And when they were come near to Rages,

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