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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32951
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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32951
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

I looked it up on this site: [owl.english.purdue.edu](https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/03/) (emphasis mine)

> Long quotations
> 
> For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented ½ inch from the left margin; maintain double-spacing. Only indent the first line of the quotation by an additional quarter inch if you are citing multiple paragraphs. Your parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. **When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks.** (You should maintain double-spacing throughout your essay.)

While your quote is not in verse form in the sense that they are supposed to be part of a "poetic rhythm" I would argue that these lines are supposed to be kept separate, similar to ["the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture"](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/verse). Especially the "other scripture" part seems to apply to your usecase.

As you have multiple lines you should therefore keep them on separate lines and keep the numbers.

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