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altar_n and_o call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n gen._n 26.25_o jacob_n erect_v a_o altar_n and_o call_v it_o el_n elohe_n israel_n which_o be_v be_v interpret_v god_n the_o god_n of_o israel_n gen._n 33.20_o and_o among_o the_o other_o figure_n of_o the_o first_o priesthood_n which_o time_n fail_v i_o to_o speak_v of_o particular_o moses_n be_v command_v to_o make_v a_o laver_n of_o braâ—â—_n and_o to_o put_v water_n therein_o and_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n be_v to_o wash_v their_o hand_n and_o their_o foot_n therein_o lest_o they_o die_v exod._n 30.18_o etc._n etc._n who_o be_v of_o god_n they_o read_v these_o thing_n and_o see_v what_o be_v point_v out_o thereby_o now_o when_o john_n be_v come_v who_o be_v not_o the_o christ_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o forerunner_n of_o christ_n it_o please_v the_o lord_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v without_o something_o in_o his_o dispensation_n which_o may_v point_v out_o that_o which_o shall_v short_o be_v reveal_v 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