2 The Lord said: 'There is no oath in me, nor injustice, but truth.' (2EN) 3 If there is no truth in men, let them swear by the words 'yea, yea,' or else, 'nay, nay! (2EN) 4 And I swear to you, yea, yea, that there has been no man in his mother's womb, but that already before, even to each one there is a place prepared for the repose of the soul, and a measure fixed how much it is intended that a man be tried in this world. (2EN)
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