OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 30:12

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Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul.

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These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.

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These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.

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