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Ezra 10:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

am 3548, bc 456

the first day: The cases brought before the council were either so many, or so complicated, that, though they separated themselves from other employments, yet they were three whole months in examining into their affairs, and making the necessary separations required by the law. Ezra 10:17

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