2 Esdras 14:23-31
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23 And he answered me, saying, Go thy way, gather the people together, and say unto them, that they seek thee not for forty days.
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24 But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;
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25 And come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be performed which thou shalt begin to write.
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26 And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish, and some things shalt thou shew secretly to the wise: to morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.
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27 Then went I forth, as he commanded, and gathered all the people together, and said,
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28 Hear these words, O Israel.
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29 Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:
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30 And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.
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31 Then was the land, even the land of Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.