2 Esdras 14:25-27

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²⁵ and you shall come here, and I will light in your heart the lamp of understanding, which shall not be put out until what you are about to write is finished.^{(A) 26} And when you have finished, some things you shall make public, and some you shall deliver in secret to the wise; tomorrow at this hour you shall begin to write.”^(B)

Ezra’s Last Words to the People

²⁷ Then I went as he commanded me, and I gathered all the people together and said,