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For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.
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Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days.
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So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we went into the field, and remained there.
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And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink.
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Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, he reached me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire.