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Leviticus 20:12-27
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Leviticus 20:12-27
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12 (A)If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed (B)perversion; their blood is upon them. 13 (C)If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. 14 (D)If a man takes a woman and her mother also, it is depravity; he and they shall be burned with fire, that there may be no depravity among you. 15 (E)If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal. 16 (F)If a woman approaches any animal and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
17 (G)“If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity. 18 (H)If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual period and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 (I)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for that is to make naked (J)one's relative; they shall bear their iniquity. 20 (K)If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 (L)If a man takes his brother's wife, it is impurity.[a] He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
You Shall Be Holy
22 (M)“You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not (N)vomit you out. 23 (O)And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them. 24 But (P)I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land (Q)flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, (R)who has separated you from the peoples. 25 (S)You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. 26 (T)You shall be holy to me, (U)for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
27 (V)“A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be (W)stoned with stones; (X)their blood shall be upon them.”
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- Leviticus 20:21 Literally menstrual impurity
Leviticus 20:12-27
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Leviticus 20:12-27
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12 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law,(A) both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.(B) They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14 “‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother,(C) it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire,(D) so that no wickedness will be among you.(E)
15 “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal,(F) he is to be put to death,(G) and you must kill the animal.
16 “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17 “‘If a man marries his sister(H), the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed(I) from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.(J)
18 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period,(K) he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.(L)
19 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father,(M) for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt,(N) he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.(O)
21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,(P) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.(Q)
22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws(R) and follow them, so that the land(S) where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations(T) I am going to drive out before you.(U) Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(V) 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.”(W) I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.(X)
25 “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds.(Y) Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. 26 You are to be holy to me(Z) because I, the Lord, am holy,(AA) and I have set you apart from the nations(AB) to be my own.
27 “‘A man or woman who is a medium(AC) or spiritist among you must be put to death.(AD) You are to stone them;(AE) their blood will be on their own heads.’”
2 Kings 12:1-16
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2 Kings 12:1-16
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12 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash[a] began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 Nevertheless, (A)the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
Jehoash Repairs the Temple
4 Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things (B)that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and (C)the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.” 6 But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. 7 Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” 8 So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took (D)a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted (E)the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and (F)to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house. 13 (G)But there were not made for the house of the Lord (H)basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, 14 for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it. 15 And (I)they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly. 16 The money from (J)the guilt offerings and the money from the (K)sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; (L)it belonged to the priests.
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2 Kings 12:1-16
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2 Kings 12:1-16
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Joash Repairs the Temple(A)
12 [a]In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash[b](B) became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. 2 Joash did what was right(C) in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 The high places,(D) however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
4 Joash said to the priests, “Collect(E) all the money that is brought as sacred offerings(F) to the temple of the Lord—the money collected in the census,(G) the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily(H) to the temple. 5 Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, then use it to repair(I) whatever damage is found in the temple.”
6 But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple. 7 Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.” 8 The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the Lord. The priests who guarded the entrance(J) put into the chest all the money(K) that was brought to the temple of the Lord. 10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal secretary(L) and the high priest came, counted the money that had been brought into the temple of the Lord and put it into bags. 11 When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the Lord—the carpenters and builders, 12 the masons and stonecutters.(M) They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.
13 The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold(N) or silver for the temple of the Lord; 14 it was paid to the workers, who used it to repair the temple. 15 They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.(O) 16 The money from the guilt offerings(P) and sin offerings[c](Q) was not brought into the temple of the Lord; it belonged(R) to the priests.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-21 is numbered 12:2-22.
- 2 Kings 12:1 Hebrew Jehoash, a variant of Joash; also in verses 2, 4, 6, 7 and 18
- 2 Kings 12:16 Or purification offerings
Ezekiel 16:13-28
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Ezekiel 16:13-28
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13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. (A)You ate fine flour and honey and oil. (B)You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. 14 And (C)your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.
15 (D)“But you trusted in your beauty (E)and played the whore[a] because of your renown (F)and lavished your whorings[b] on any passerby; your beauty[c] became his. 16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.[d] 17 You also took (G)your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and (H)made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18 And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, (I)and set my oil and my incense before them. 19 (J)Also my bread that I gave you—(K)I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for (L)a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God. 20 (M)And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and (N)these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21 that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them? 22 And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember (O)the days of your youth, (P)when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.
23 “And after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares the Lord God), 24 you built yourself (Q)a vaulted chamber and made yourself a lofty place in every square. 25 At the head of every street (R)you built your lofty place and made (S)your beauty an abomination, (T)offering yourself[e] to any passerby and multiplying your whoring. 26 (U)You also played the whore (V)with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, (W)multiplying your whoring, (X)to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you (Y)and diminished your allotted portion (Z)and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, (AA)the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior. 28 (AB)You played the whore also (AC)with the Assyrians, because you were not satisfied; yes, you played the whore with them, and still you were not satisfied.
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- Ezekiel 16:15 Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
- Ezekiel 16:15 Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
- Ezekiel 16:15 Hebrew it
- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain
- Ezekiel 16:25 Hebrew spreading your legs
Ezekiel 16:13-28
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Ezekiel 16:13-28
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13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(A) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(B) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(C) 14 And your fame(D) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,(E) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.(F)
15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(G) and your beauty became his.(H) 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,(I) where you carried on your prostitution.(J) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.[a] 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.(K) 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense(L) before them. 19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.(M)
20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters(N) whom you bore to me(O) and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?(P) 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.(Q) 22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth,(R) when you were naked and bare,(S) kicking about in your blood.(T)
23 “‘Woe!(U) Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine(V) in every public square.(W) 25 At every street corner(X) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(Y) 26 You engaged in prostitution(Z) with the Egyptians,(AA) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(AB) with your increasing promiscuity.(AC) 27 So I stretched out my hand(AD) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(AE) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(AF) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(AG) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(AH)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
Psalm 103:9-22
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Psalm 103:9-22
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9 (A)He will not always chide,
nor will he (B)keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us (C)according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For (D)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his (E)steadfast love toward (F)those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he (G)remove our transgressions from us.
13 As (H)a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion (I)to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;[a]
he (J)remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like (K)grass;
he flourishes like (L)a flower of the field;
16 for (M)the wind passes over it, and (N)it is gone,
and (O)its place knows it no more.
17 But (P)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on (Q)those who fear him,
and his righteousness to (R)children's children,
18 to those who (S)keep his covenant
and (T)remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has (U)established his throne in the heavens,
and his (V)kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you (W)his angels,
you (X)mighty ones who (Y)do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his (Z)hosts,
his (AA)ministers, who do his will!
22 (AB)Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
(AC)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
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- Psalm 103:14 Or knows how we are formed
Psalm 103:9-22
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Psalm 103:9-22
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9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;(A)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve(B)
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love(C) for those who fear him;(D)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions(E) from us.
13 As a father has compassion(F) on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,(G)
he remembers that we are dust.(H)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,(I)
they flourish like a flower(J) of the field;
16 the wind blows(K) over it and it is gone,
and its place(L) remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children(M)—
18 with those who keep his covenant(N)
and remember(O) to obey his precepts.(P)
20 Praise the Lord,(S) you his angels,(T)
you mighty ones(U) who do his bidding,(V)
who obey his word.
21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,(W)
you his servants(X) who do his will.
22 Praise the Lord, all his works(Y)
everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the Lord, my soul.(Z)
Luke 9:1-9
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Luke 9:1-9
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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles
9 (A)And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2 (B)and he sent them out to (C)proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 3 (D)And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, (E)no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.[a] 4 And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5 And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town (F)shake off the dust from your feet (G)as a testimony (H)against them.” 6 (I)And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
Herod Is Perplexed by Jesus
7 (J)Now (K)Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that (L)John had been raised from the dead, 8 (M)by some that Elijah had appeared, and (N)by others that one of the prophets of old had risen. 9 Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And (O)he sought to see him.
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- Luke 9:3 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
Luke 9:1-9
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Luke 9:1-9
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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve(A)(B)
9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons(C) and to cure diseases,(D) 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God(E) and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.(F) 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”(G) 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
7 Now Herod(H) the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John(I) had been raised from the dead,(J) 8 others that Elijah had appeared,(K) and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.(L) 9 But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.(M)
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
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2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
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16 So we do not lose heart. (A)Though our outer self[a] is wasting away, (B)our inner self (C)is being renewed day by day. 17 For (D)this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 (E)as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Our Heavenly Dwelling
5 For we know that if (F)the tent that is (G)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, (H)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent (I)we groan, longing to (J)put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on[b] we may not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal (K)may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, (L)who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
6 So we are always of good courage. We know that (M)while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for (N)we walk by faith, not (O)by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we (P)would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to (Q)please him. 10 For (R)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (S)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Greek man
- 2 Corinthians 5:3 Some manuscripts putting it off
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
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2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
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16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(A) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(B) we are being renewed(C) day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(D) 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,(E) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Awaiting the New Body
5 For we know that if the earthly(F) tent(G) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan,(H) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(I) 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan(J) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(K) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(L)
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight.(M) 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(N) 9 So we make it our goal to please him,(O) whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us(P) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
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