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On the third day, while I was sitting under an oak, behold, a voice came out of a bush opposite me and said, "Ezra, Ezra."
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And I said, "Here I am, Lord," and I rose to my feet.
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Then he said to me, "I revealed myself in a bush and spoke to Moses, when my people were in bondage in Egypt;
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and I sent him and led my people out of Egypt; and I led him up on Mount Sinai, where I kept him with me many days;
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and I told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times and declared to him the end of the times. Then I commanded him, saying,
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`These words you shall publish openly, and these you shall keep secret.'
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Lay up in your heart the signs that I have shown you, the dreams that you have seen, and the interpretations that you have heard;
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for you shall be taken up from among men, and henceforth you shall live with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times are ended.
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For the age has lost its youth, and the times begin to grow old.
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For the age is divided into twelve parts, and nine of its parts have already passed,