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I took it and drank; and when I had drunk it, my heart poured forth understanding, and wisdom increased in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory,
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And on the next day a voice called me, saying, "Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink."
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So I opened my mouth, and a full cup was offered to me; it was full of something like water, but its color was like fire.
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I took it and drank; and when I had drunk it, my heart poured forth understanding, and wisdom increased in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory,
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and my mouth was opened and was no longer closed.
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Moreover, the Most High gave understanding to the five men, and by turns they wrote what was dictated, using characters that they did not know. They sat forty days; they wrote during the daytime, and ate their bread at night.
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