20 and the other I sent to those that were at Babylon by means of three men. And I called the eagle (2BA) 21 and spake these words unto it: 'The Most High hath made thee that thou shouldst be higher than (2BA) 22 all birds. And now go and tarry not in (any) place, nor enter a nest, nor settle upon any tree, till thou hast passed over the breadth of the many waters of the river Euphrates, and hast gone to the (2BA)
2 Baruch 77:20–22
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