Chapter 5

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THEN I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

2

And he said unto me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone that steals is innocent according to her; and everyone that swears is innocent according to her.

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I will bring her forth, says Yahuah Tseva'oth, and she shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and she shall remain in the midst of this house, and she shall finish it, its timber and its stones.

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Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that goes forth.

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And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. He said moreover, This is how they appear through all the earth.

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And, behold, there was lifted up a disk of lead: and there a fire sits in the midst of the measure.

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And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the measure; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

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Then lifted I up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two of them, the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up their measure between the earth and the heavens.

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Then said I to the angel that talked with me, where are they causing the measure to go?

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And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shin'ar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.



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