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26 They that sit in the hill of Samaria, and the Philistines, and the fond [or the fool(ish)] people, that dwelleth in Shechem.

27 Jesus, the son of Sirach, a man of Jerusalem, wrote in this book the teaching [or the doctrine] of wisdom, and of cunning, (or of knowing, or knowledge); and he renewed (the) wisdom of (or from) his heart.

28 He is blessed, that dwelleth in these goods; he that setteth those in his heart, shall (for)ever(more) be wise. [Blessful that in these goods or these things abideth; that putteth those things in his heart, wise shall be evermore.]

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