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    The document lists 42 statements declaring that the speaker has not committed various sins and transgressions. It affirms that the speaker has not stolen, killed people, lied, taken food or offerings, committed adultery, attacked others, acted in haste or anger, practiced witchcraft, or violated religious or moral laws. The statements appear to be an ancient Egyptian ritual seeking to demonstrate righteousness before the gods in the afterlife.

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    1. I have not committed sin.

    2. I have not committed robbery with violence.


    3. I have not stolen.
    4. I have not slain men and women.
    5. I have not stolen grain.
    6. I have not purloined offerings.
    7. I have not stolen the property of the gods.
    8. I have not uttered lies.
    9. I have not carried away food.
    10. I have not uttered curses.
    11. I have not committed adultery, I have not lain with men.
    12. I have made none to weep.
    13. I have not eaten the heart [i.e., I have not grieved uselessly,
    or felt remorse].
    14. I have not attacked any man.
    15. I am not a man of deceit.
    16. I have not stolen cultivated land.
    17. I have not been an eavesdropper.
    18. I have slandered no man.
    19. I have not been angry without just cause.
    20. I have not debauched the wife of any man.
    21. I have not debauched the wife of any man (repeats the
    previous affirmation but addressed to a different god).
    22. I have not polluted myself.
    23. I have terrorized none.
    24. I have not transgressed the Law.
    25. I have not been wroth.
    26. I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.
    27. I have not blasphemed.
    28. I am not a man of violence.
    29. I am not a stirrer-up of strife (or a disturber of the peace).
    30. I have not acted (or judged) with undue haste.
    31. I have not pried into matters.
    32. I have not multiplied my words in speaking.
    33. I have wronged none, I have done no evil.
    34. I have not worked witchcraft against the King (or
    blasphemed against the King).
    35. I have never stopped the flow of water.
    36. I have never raised my voice (spoken arrogantly, or in anger).
    37. I have not cursed or blasphemed god.
    38. I have not acted with evil rage.
    39. I have not stolen the bread of the gods.
    40. I have not carried away the cakes from the spirits of the dead.
    41. I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated
    with contempt the god of my city.
    42. I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god
    The 42 Maat Laws Commonly Known As The Negative Confessions
    (Papyrus Of Ani - Book Of The Dead)

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