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In 2 Esdras 7:36, a Jewish book from about 100 AD, what is set opposite "the furnace of Gehenna"?

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The paradise of delight. "The pit of torment shall appear, and opposite it shall be the place of rest, and the furnace of Gehenna shall be disclosed, and opposite it the paradise of delight" (2 Esdras 7:36).

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For centuries this passage was missing from the standard Latin Bible, the Vulgate. The pages had been cut out of the manuscript it was copied from, and the verses were restored from other ancient translations.

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