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1 Esdras 8:49-51
Wycliffe Bible
1 Esdras 8:49-51
Wycliffe Bible
49 And of them that served in the temple, the which David and they princes gave [or the which David gave, and they princes], to the working to the Levites, to the temple, of men serving, two hundred and twenty. The names of all be signified in (the) scriptures (or in the register).
50 And I vowed there fasting to (the) young men, in the sight of the Lord, (so) that I should seek of him a good way to us (or so that I should seek from him a good way for us), and to (or for) them that were with us, of sons, and beasts, for espies (or to be safe from ambush).
51 Forsooth I shamed to ask of the king (for) footmen and horsemen, in fellowship of grace, of keeping against our adversaries.
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2001 by Terence P. Noble