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At first our fathers dwelt as aliens in Egypt, and they were delivered from there,
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and received the law of life, which they did not keep, which you also have transgressed after them.
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Then land was given to you for a possession in the land of Zion; but you and your fathers committed iniquity and did not keep the ways which the Most High commanded you.
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And because he is a righteous judge, in due time he took from you what he had given.
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And now you are here, and your brethren are farther in the interior.
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If you, then, will rule over your minds and discipline your hearts, you shall be kept alive, and after death you shall obtain mercy.
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For after death the judgment will come, when we shall live again; and then the names of the righteous will become manifest, and the deeds of the ungodly will be disclosed.
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But let no one come to me now, and let no one seek me for forty days."
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So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we proceeded to the field, and remained there.
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And on the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, "Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink."
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Then I opened my mouth, and behold, a full cup was offered to me; it was full of something like water, but its color was like fire.