⁴ His sons used to hold feasts^(A) in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

⁵ When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.^(A) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering^(B) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned^(C) and cursed God^(D) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.