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xxxiv Clement introduces 'the Scripture' as saying, [Greek: Muriai muriades pareistaekeisan auto kai chiliai chiliades eleitourgoun auto kai ekekragon agios, agios, agios, Kurios Sabaoth, plaeraes pasa hae ktisis taes doxaes autou.] The first part of this quotation comes from Dan.vii.
10; the second, from [Greek: kai ekekragon], which is part of the quotation, from Is.vi.3.These examples have been taken almost at random; the others are blended quite as thoroughly. Some of the cases of combination and some of the divergences of text may be accounted for by the assumption of lost apocryphal books or texts; but it would be wholly impossible, and in fact no one would think of so attempting to account for all.
There can be little doubt that Clement quotes from memory, and none that he quotes at times very freely. We come next to the so-called Epistle of Barnabas, the quotations in which I proceed to tabulate in the same way:-- _Barnabas._ _Exact._ | _Slightly | _Variant._ | _Remarks._ | Variant._ | | |+2.
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1.11-14.
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