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Ben Sira 33:23-28 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

23. Keep control over all your affairs;bring no stain on your honor.

24. When your few days reach their limit,at the time of death distribute your inheritance.

25. Fodder and whip and loads for a donkey;food, correction and work for a slave.

26. Make a slave work, and he will look for rest;let his hands be idle and he will seek to be free.

27. The yoke and harness will bow the neck;and for a wicked slave, punishment in the stocks.

28. Force him to work that he be not idle,

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