10 Rise up and remember that you are the one who gave heed, and follow your root, which I am, the Merciful One, and protect yourself from the angels of destitution and from the demons of Chaos, and from all those who trap you, and watch out for the deep slumber and the confinement in the interior of Hades.’ (APJ)
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