And out of one of them came forth a little horn (Antiochus Epiphanes) which waxed exceeding great towards the south (Egypt) and towards the East (Babylon) and towards the beauteous land (the land of Israel)."
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He had stood in the beauteous land - the land of Israel - with destruction in his hand.
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Preach the doctrine, beauteous in inception, beauteous in continuation, beauteous in its end.