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| 2 Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month. | 2 So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. |
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