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For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.
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But if I have found grace before thee, send the Holy Ghost into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, which were written in thy law, that men may find thy path, and that they which will live in the latter days may live.
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And he answered me, saying, Go thy way, gather the people together, and say unto them, that they seek thee not for forty days.
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But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;
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And come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be performed which thou shalt begin to write.
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And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish, and some things shalt thou shew secretly to the wise: to morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.
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Then went I forth, as he commanded, and gathered all the people together, and said,
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Hear these words, O Israel.
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Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:
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And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.
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Then was the land, even the land of Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.