2 Esdras 14 — parallel

14:1

It came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, a voice came out of a bush near me, and said, “Esdras, Esdras!”

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14:2

I said, “Here I am, Lord,” and I stood up on my feet.

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14:3

Then he said to me, “I revealed myself in a bush and talked with Moses when my people were in bondage in Egypt.

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14:4

I sent him, and he led my people out of Egypt. I brought him up to Mount Sinai, where I kept him with me for many days.

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14:5

I told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times and the end of the seasons. I commanded him, saying,

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14:6

‘You shall publish these openly, and these you shall hide.’

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14:7

Now I say to you:

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14:8

Lay up in your heart the signs that I have shown, the dreams that you have seen, and the interpretations which you have heard;

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14:9

for you will be taken away from men, and from now on you will live with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times have ended.

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