Douay in new american bible

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st. Louis de Montfort in True devotion to the blessed virgin says ¨dwell in Jacob¨ and ¨take Israel for your inheritance¨ quoting ecclus. 24.13. Where can i find this in my new American bible? Ecclesiastes ends at chapter 12 in my bible.
 
See Sirach 24:8:

"Then the Creator of all gave me his command, and he who formed me chose the spot for my tent, Saying, ‘In Jacob make your dwelling, in Israel your inheritance.’
 
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st. Louis de Montfort in True devotion to the blessed virgin says ¨dwell in Jacob¨ and ¨take Israel for your inheritance¨ quoting ecclus. 24.13. Where can i find this in my new American bible? Ecclesiastes ends at chapter 12 in my bible.
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The “ecclus.” stands for Ecclesiasticus. In the Douay, there is one book called “Ecclesiastes” and another called “Ecclesiasticus”. The NAB calls Ecclesiasticus “Sirach”. Much less confusing!

Ecclesiasticus/Sirach is one of the OT books not included in the Protestant canon.
 
thank you Nita sorry I missed your post before I posted my second.
 
Ecclesiasticus is known to have been written by Jesus Ben Sirach.
this book alone, of all the deuterocanonical writings, which are also called Ecclesiastical by Rufinus, has preserved by way of pre-eminence the name of Ecclesiasticus (Liber), that is “a church reading book”.
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It was also called Ecclesiasticus by the Council of Trent. However the Book was also know as the Wisdom of Sirach from Ancient times as well.

The real problem with the NAB, is its different verse numberings (from the old English versions, whether Catholic or Protestant) found in the O.T. That, to me, is a scholastic pretension, and not a helpful one at that. 😦
 
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