2 Esdras 14:28

28 "Hear these words, O Israel

2 Esdras 14:28 In-Context

26 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."
27 Then I went as he commanded me, and I gathered all the people together, and said,
28 "Hear these words, O Israel
29 At first our fathers dwelt as aliens in Egypt, and they were delivered from there,
30 and received the law of life, which they did not keep, which you also have transgressed after them.
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