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2 Maccabees 2:31-32
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 2:31-32
Revised Standard Version
31 but the one who recasts the narrative should be allowed to strive for brevity of expression and to forego exhaustive treatment. 32 At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, adding only so much to what has already been said; for it is foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history itself.
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