Sirach 41:22a–22d

22a To be busy with his maidk l,

H B 22b (G) mAnd to violate her bedm,

22c (G) To [speak to] a friend with reproachful words;—

22d (G) And after giving a gift contemn not,—

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H	Manuscript B, containing 30:11–33:3, 35:11–38:27, 39:15–49:15a; this consists of 19 leaves, and may be of the twelfth century.
G	The Greek Version
[	indicate an intrusion into the original text.