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16 Then the angel Raphael said to him, Hear thou me, and I shall show to thee, who they be, over whom the fiend hath mastery; [Then (the) angel Raphael said to him, Hear me, and I shall show to thee, who be, to whom may the devil have mastery;]

17 certainly the fiend hath power over them, that take so their weddings [or (their) wedlock], that they close out God from them, and from their mind; the fiend [or the devil] hath power over them, that give so (much) attention to their lechery [or to their lusts], as an horse and a mule do, that have none understanding.

18 But when thou hast taken her to (or as thy) wife, enter into thy bed-place, and by three days be thou continent from her or be thou chaste abstaining thee from her in all fleshly lust, and to none other thing thou shalt give attention (to) with her, but only to prayers.

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