3 And the six men ordered stones to come up from a certain deep place, and to go to the building of the tower. And there went up ten stones square and polished, [not] hewn from a quarry. (HER) 4 And the six men called to the virgins, and ordered them to carry all the stones which should go unto the building of the tower, and to pass through the gate and to hand them to the men that were about to build the tower. (HER) 5 And the virgins laid the first ten stones that rose out of the deep on each other, and they carried them together, stone by stone. (HER)
Parables 80:3–5
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Parables 81:1–2
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Parables 83:6–8
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Parables 90:3–5
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Parables 81:7–8
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Parables 85:3–5
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Parables 82:1–2
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