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And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.
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And I said, Here am I, Lord And I stood up upon my feet.
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Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt:
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And I sent him and led my people out of Egypt, and brought him up to the mount of where I held him by me a long season,
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And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,
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These words shalt thou declare, and these shalt thou hide.
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And now I say unto thee,
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That thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard: