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Sirach 33:24
On the last day of your life, at the moment of death, distribute your inheritance.
Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
A donkey should be given its fodder and its burden, and it should be beaten. A slave should be given food and work, and should be disciplined.
When your few days reach their limit, at the time of death distribute your inheritance.
Only on the day that your life draws to a close, at the hour of death, should you distribute your inheritance.
At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance.
At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance.
At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance.
At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance.
Fodder and a stick and burdens for an ass; bread and discipline and work for a servant.
Fodder and a stick and burdens for an ass; bread and discipline and work for a servant.
Meats, and a rod, and a burden to an ass; bread, and chastising [or discipline], and work to (or for) a servant.
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