1 Esdras 9:49-51

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⁴⁹ Then Attharates^[a] said to Ezra the chief priest^[b] and reader and to the Levites who were teaching the multitude and to all,^{(A) 50} “This day is holy to the Lord”—now they were all weeping as they heard the law— ⁵¹ “so go your way, eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions to those who have none,^(B)