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And the angel said to me, "Abraham!" And I said, "Here I am, your 14.
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And the angel said to me, "Know that from henceforth the Eternal One has chosen you.
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Be of good courage and use this authority so far as I bid you, against him who slanders the truth.
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Should I not be able to put him to shame who has scattered over the earth the secrets of heaven, and has rebelled against the Mighty One?
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Say to him, 'Become the burning coal of the furnace of the earth!
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Go, Azazel, into the inaccessible parts of the earth, for your heritage is to be over those who are with you, the ones brought forth with the stars and clouds, and with the men whose portion you are, even those who exist on account of your being.
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Justification shall be your enemy.
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Now depart from me by your perdition! 2. servant." And he said, "Know from this that the Eternal One whom you have 3. loved has chosen you.
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Be bold and do through your authority whatever I order 4. you against him who reviles justice.
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Will I not be able to revile him who has scattered about the earth the secrets of heaven and who has taken counsel against 5. the Mighty One?
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Say to him, �May you be the firebrand of the furnace of the 6. earth!
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Go, Azazel, into the untrodden parts of the earth.
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For your heritage is over those who are with you, with the stars and with the men born by the clouds, 7. whose portion you are, indeed they exist through your being.
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Enmity is for you 8. a pious act.
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Therefore through your own destruction be gone from me!� And 15.
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And I uttered the words that the angel taught me.
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And then the angel said to me, "Answer him not!
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For God has given him power over those who answer him." And the angel spoke to me again saying, "However much he speak to you, answer him not, in order that he may have no free access to you, because the Eternal One has given him 'weight and will' in this respect." And I did that which was commanded me by the angel, and no matter how much he spoke to me, I answered him nothing whatsoever. 9.
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I said the words as the angel had taught me.
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And he said, "Abraham." And I 10. said, "Here I am, your servant!" And the angel said to me, "Answer him not!" 11.(12.) And he spoke to me a second time.
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And the angel said, "Now, whatever he says to you, answer him not, lest his will run up to you.
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For the Eternal, Mighty 14.
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One gave him the gravity and the will.
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Answer him not." And I did what the angel had commanded me.
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And whatever he said to me about the descent, I answered him not.