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15_o 300_o i._o chron._n 12_o 33_o 264_o esther_n 3_o 9_o 293_o job_n 8_o 15_o 243_o 13_o 15_o 63_o 20_o 15_o 312_o psalm_n 17_o 3_o 270_o  _fw-fr 14_o 121_o 18_o 21_o 185_o 36_o 4_o 274_o  _fw-fr 10_o 148_o 39_o 12_o 261_o 41_o 6_o 228_o 62_o 10_o 196._o â—02_n 63_o 8_o 238_o 73_o 6_o 12_o 112_o 8_o 242_o 116_o 7_o 11_o 119_o 37_o 218_o proverb_n 1_o 17_o 20_o 4_o 17_o 39_o  _fw-fr 23_o 215_o 8_o 21_o 81_o 10_o 20_o 213_o 14_o 14_o 77.199_o 15_o 6_o 153_o 17_o 22_o 235_o 23_o 5_o 82_o  _fw-fr 7_o 330_o  _fw-fr 27_o 344_o eccles_n 2_o 23_o 249_o 6_o 9_o 226_o 7_o 11_o 70_o 11_o 6_o 227_o canticle_n 1_o 4_o 229_o 8_o 6_o 369_o isaiah_n chap._n verse_n page_n 32_o 11_o 203_o 33_o 6_o 19.146_o 44_o 20_o 39.202_o 58_o 13_o 47_o jeremiah_n 2_o 13_o 94.207_o  _fw-fr 33_o 245_o 16_o 16_o 344_o 22_o 2_o 217_o  _fw-fr 19_o ibid._n ezekiel_n 7_o 10_o 119_o 33_o 31_o 227_o daniel_n 7_o 25_o 295_o 11_o 24_o 316_o  _fw-fr 25_o ibid._n hosea_n 4_o 8_o 223_o 7_o 11_o 93_o 12_o 7_o 346_o amos._n 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