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Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest. and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,
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This day is holy unto the Lord; (for they all wept when they heard the law:)
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Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing;
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For this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour.
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So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.