Sirach 38:11-13

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¹¹Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice, and a memorial portion of fine flour,
and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.^[a]
¹²And give the physician his place, for the Lord created him;
let him not leave you, for there is need of him.
¹³There is a time when success lies in the hands of physicians,^[b]

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Sirach 38:11 Heb: Vulgate omits as much as you can afford; Greek is obscure
Sirach 38:13 Gk in their hands

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