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catech._n qu._n 103._o simner_n in_o exod_n 20._o gomarus_n the_o orig_n sabbati_fw-la bind_v editio_fw-la 2._o p._n 10._o in_o ezek._n c._n 20._o in_o rom._n 3_o in_o orthod_n fide_fw-la l._n 24._o c._n 4._o in_o luk._n 19_o in_o exod._n 2._o qu._n 11._o hosp_n in_o the_o fest_n ethn._n &_o jud._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o annal._n d._n 7._o de_fw-fr create_v hominis_fw-la l._n 1._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la hebr._n 7._o 10._o chap._n 16._o 29._o in_o decalogo_fw-la opera_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la dies_fw-la geniales_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 18._o hospin_n de_fw-fr orig_n fest_n c._n 5._o 2_o edit_n p._n 65._o joseph_n adversus_fw-la apion_n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr abrahamo_n problem_n loc_n 55_o apud_fw-la euseb_n euseb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n purch_n pilgr._fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 4._o emend_n temp._n l._n 3._o id._n l._n 4._o id._n l._n 1._o ed._n 2._o in_o levit._n 13._o qu._n 3._o hist_o l._n 36._o marlorat_n 7._o 7._o illic_fw-la secundâ_fw-la feriâ_fw-la populus_fw-la terrae_fw-la 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