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be_v forbid_v among_o the_o israelite_n but_o permit_v with_o stranger_n 19_o but_o according_a to_o the_o law_n it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o have_v commerce_n with_o those_o without_o and_o there_o tarry_v none_o in_o the_o country_n but_o who_o be_v proselyte_n that_o be_v to_o say_v circumcise_a and_o incorporate_v with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n thus_o their_o estate_n as_o i_o have_v say_v consist_v chief_a in_o land_n and_o in_o cattle_n cap._n viii_o of_o the_o art_n and_o trade_n of_o the_o israelite_n i_o know_v no_o people_n who_o addict_v themselves_o more_o entire_o to_o agriculture_n than_o the_o israelite_n the_o egyptian_n and_o syrian_n join_v manufacture_n thereunto_o as_o also_o navigation_n and_o commerce_n especial_o the_o phoenicians_n who_o find_v themselves_o too_o close_o coop_v up_o on_o the_o coast_n since_o that_o the_o israelite_n have_v drive_v they_o from_o the_o inland_n be_v force_v to_o live_v by_o their_o industry_n and_o to_o be_v as_o the_o carrier_n 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