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priest_n bear_v the_o name_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n upon_o his_o two_o locum_fw-la two_o quod_fw-la verò_fw-la spectat_fw-la usum_fw-la ephod_n seu_fw-la amiculi_fw-la debuit_fw-la reliquis_fw-la vestibus_fw-la summi_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la superindui_fw-la &_o eidem_fw-la pectorale_fw-la inseri_fw-la &_o in_o gemmis_fw-la quae_fw-la humero_fw-la aptarentur_fw-la habere_fw-la nomina_fw-la duodecim_fw-la filiorum_fw-la israel_n ut_fw-la significaret_fw-la christum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejusque_fw-la membra_fw-la omne_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o memoria_fw-la habere_fw-la etiam_fw-la obverso_fw-la tergo_fw-la propter_fw-la amorem_fw-la ardentissimum_fw-la quo_fw-la eos_fw-la prosequitur_fw-la ac_fw-la propter_fw-la ipsos_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la semper_fw-la apparere_fw-la heb._n 7.16_o rivet_n in_o locum_fw-la shoulder_n for_o a_o memorial_n as_o well_o as_o on_o his_o breast_n plate_n ver_fw-la 12._o his_o heart_n be_v towards_o they_o when_o his_o face_n be_v not_o i_o shall_v 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