4 Therefore all things are by twos, one over against the other. (T12)
Testament of Asher 1:4
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Sirach 42:23–25
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2 Esdras 7:49–51
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Testament of Benjamin 1:39–41
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Testament of Naphtali 1:14–16
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Testament of Naphtali 1:18–20
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Sirach 40:10–12
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Testament of Asher 1:26–28
26 For such men are like to stags and to hinds, because in the manner of wild animals they seem to be unclean, but they are altogether clean; because they walk in zeal for the Lord and abstain from what God also hateth and forbiddeth by His commandments, warding… (T12)
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