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Flee from iniquity, and from respect of persons,

And from all transgressions cleanse thy heart.

Offer a sweet savor as a memorial,

And prepare a fat offering according to thy substance,

And also to the physician give a place,

And he shall not be removed, for there is need of him likewise.

For there is a time when in his power is good success,

For he, too, maketh supplication to God,

That He should prosper to him the treatment,

And the healing, for the sake of his living.

He that sinneth against his Maker

Behaveth himself proudly before a physician.

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Great among his brethren, and glory of his people,

Was Simeon the son of Johanan, the priest;

In whose generation the house was repaired,

And in whose days the temple was fortified;

In whose generation a cistern was digged,

A pit like the sea in its abundance;

In whose days a wall was built—

Turrets for protection in the temple of the King:

Who took thought for his people against the spoiler,