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God Most High also gave wisdom to the five men with me, and they took turns writing down what I said. They used an alphabet that they had not known before, and worked for forty days, writing in the daytime and eating at night.
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I spoke all day long, and I was not silent even at night.
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During the forty days, ninety-four books were written.
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At the end of the forty days, God Most High said to me, "You are now to make public the first twenty-four books that you wrote, so that everyone, whether they are worthy or not, may read them.
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But the last seventy books that you wrote are to be held back and to be given only to those who are wise among your people,
Footnotes 1
[a].
[Some ancient translations] ninety-four; [Latin unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.