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and you shall come here, and I will light in your heart the lamp of understanding, which shall not be put out until what you are about to write is finished.
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And when you have finished, some things you shall make public, and some you shall deliver in secret to the wise; tomorrow at this hour you shall begin to write."
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Then I went as he commanded me, and I gathered all the people together, and said,
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At first our fathers dwelt as aliens in Egypt, and they were delivered from there,
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