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2 Esdras 6:46

and gave them a command to serve mankind, who was to be made.

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KJVView canonical →
And gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.
King James Version
GNV1560View canonical →
And gauest them a charge, to do *seruice euen vnto man that was for to be made.
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