Job in Translation
1. Even though they have said, They do not read in the Holy Scriptures, they do review in them and expound them. And if someone needs to check something, he takes [them] and checks.
Said R. Neḥemya, Why did they say “They do not read in the Holy Scriptures?” Because of ordinary documents, so that one would reason, They do…
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