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42 Moreover, the Most High gave understanding to the five men, and by turns they wrote what was dictated, using characters that they did not know.[a] They sat for forty days; they wrote during the daytime, and ate their bread at night. 43 But as for me, I spoke in the daytime and was not silent at night. 44 So during the forty days, ninety-four[b] books were written.

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  1. 2 Esdras 14:42 Syr Compare Ethiop Arab 2 Arm: Meaning of Lat uncertain
  2. 2 Esdras 14:44 Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Meaning of Lat uncertain

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