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the_o patriarch_n the_o first_o dispenser_n of_o personal_a benediction_n who_o use_v it_o to_o betoken_v the_o restrain_a intention_n of_o their_o vote_n unto_o they_o on_o who_o they_o confer_v their_o blessing_n for_o we_o find_v moses_n by_o command_n 18._o put_v his_o hand_n upon_o joshua_n the_o son_n of_o nun_n to_o appoint_v he_o governor_n who_o be_v say_v to_o be_v full_a of_o the_o spirit_n for_o moses_n have_v lay_v 9_o his_o hand_n upon_o he_o and_o when_o moses_n and_o joshua_n have_v pray_v and_o lay_v their_o hand_n on_o the_o seventy_o elder_n the_o holy_a spirit_n come_v upon_o they_o in_o choose_v of_o deacon_n this_o gesture_n 6._o be_v use_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o in_o the_o separation_n of_o barnabas_n and_o saul_n to_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n this_o gesture_n be_v again_o use_v and_o timothy_n be_v put_v in_o mind_n by_o st._n paul_n of_o the_o gift_n 14._o he_o receive_v by_o this_o imposition_n of_o hand_n for_o not_o only_o the_o office_n 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