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Rise therefore and eat some bread, and do not forsake us, like a shepherd who leaves the flock in the power of savage wolves."
19
Then I said to him, "Go away from me and do not come near me for seven days; then you may come to me." He heard what I said and left me.
20
So I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, as the angel Uriel had commanded me.
21
After seven days the thoughts of my heart were very grievous to me again.
22
Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High.
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