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2 Esdras 5:22-24
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 5:22-24
Revised Standard Version
22 Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High. 23 And I said, “O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth and from all its trees thou hast chosen one vine, 24 and from all the lands of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one region,[a] and from all the flowers of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one lily,
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- 2 Esdras 5:24 Ethiop: Lat pit
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