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For thy law has been burned, and so no one knows the things which have been done or will be done by thee.
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If then I have found favor before thee, send the Holy Spirit into me, and I will write everything that has happened in the world from the beginning, the things which were written in thy law, that men may be able to find the path, and that those who wish to live in the last days may live."
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He answered me and said, "Go and gather the people, and tell them not to seek you for forty days.
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But prepare for yourself many writing tablets, and take with you Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ethanus, and Asiel -- these five, because they are trained to write rapidly;
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and you shall come here, and I will light in your heart the lamp of understanding, which shall not be put out until what you are about to write is finished.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.