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2 Esdras 14:44-48
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 14:44-48
Revised Standard Version
44 So during the forty days ninety-four[a] books were written. 45 And when the forty days were ended, the Most High spoke to me, saying, “Make public the twenty-four[b] books that you wrote first and let the worthy and the unworthy read them; 46 but keep the seventy that were written last, in order to give them to the wise among your people. 47 For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the river of knowledge.” 48 And I did so.[c]
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- 2 Esdras 14:44 Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Latin is corrupt
- 2 Esdras 14:45 Syr Arab 1: Latin omits twenty-four
- 2 Esdras 14:48 Syr adds in the seventh year of the sixth week, five thousand years and three months and twelve days after creation. At that time Ezra was caught up, and taken to the place of those who are like him, after he had written all these things. And he was called the Scribe of the knowledge of the Most High for ever and ever. Ethiop Arab 1 Arm have a similar ending
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