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Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have
fulfilled the law of the Lord.
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The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the
Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.
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I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all
praised the Lord with songs.
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And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and
upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.
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So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?
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He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put
on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.
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Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them
palms in their hands?
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So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the
world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.
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Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how
great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen.
CHAPTER ESDRAS 3
In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and
my thoughts came up over my heart:
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For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.
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And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High,
and said,
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O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when thou didst plant the earth, and
that thyself alone, and commandedst the people,
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And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and
didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee.
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And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had planted, before ever the earth
came forward.
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And unto him thou gavest commandment to love thy way: which he transgressed, and
immediately thou appointedst death in him and in his generations, of whom came nations, tribes,
people, and kindreds, out of number.
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And every people walked after their own will, and did wonderful things before thee, and
despised thy commandments.
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And again in process of time thou broughtest the flood upon those that dwelt in the world, and
destroyedst them.
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