Tobit 2: 9 - 14
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| 9
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On the same night I returned from burying him, and because I was defiled I slept by the wall of the courtyard, and my face was uncovered.
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| 10
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I did not know that there were sparrows on the wall and their fresh droppings fell into my open eyes and white films formed on my eyes. I went to physicians, but they did not help me. Ahikar, however, took care of me until he went to Elymais.
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| 11
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Then my wife Anna earned money at women's work.
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| 12
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She used to send the product to the owners. Once when they paid her wages, they also gave her a kid;
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| 13
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and when she returned to me it began to bleat. So I said to her, "Where did you get the kid? It is not stolen, is it? Return it to the owners; for it is not right to eat what is stolen."
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| 14
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And she said, "It was given to me as a gift in addition to my wages." But I did not believe her, and told her to return it to the owners; and I blushed for her. Then she replied to me, "Where are your charities and your righteous deeds? You seem to know everything!"
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