46 but keep the last seventy, that you may deliver them to those who are wise among your people; (WEB) 47 for in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge.” (WEB) 48 I did so. (WEB)
2 Esdras 14:46–48
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