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3 Then the king commanded his palace master Ashpenaz to bring some of the Israelites of the royal family and of the nobility, 4 young men without physical defect and handsome, versed in every branch of wisdom, endowed with knowledge and insight, and competent to serve in the king’s palace; they were to be taught the literature and language of the Chaldeans. Daniel 1:3-4, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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