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I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I stood on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen, with a belt of pure gold around his waist.

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I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips;(A) and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank(B) of the great river, the Tigris,(C) I looked up(D) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,(E) with a belt of fine gold(F) from Uphaz around his waist.

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