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44 So during the forty days ninety-four[a] books were written. 45 And when the forty days were ended, the Most High spoke to me, saying, “Make public the twenty-four[b] books that you wrote first and let the worthy and the unworthy read them; 46 but keep the seventy that were written last, in order to give them to the wise among your people.

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  1. 2 Esdras 14:44 Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Latin is corrupt
  2. 2 Esdras 14:45 Syr Arab 1: Latin omits twenty-four

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