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“For I know that after my death, you will surely become corrupted, and deviate from the way which I had commanded you” Deuteronomy 31:29
“Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation in front of the rock, and he said to them, “Now listen, you rebels” (Numbers 20:10)
“She [Ruth] came and gleaned in the field behind the harvesters and her fate made her happen across land belonging to Boaz” Megillat Ruth 2:3
“They said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than is needed for the tasks the Lord has commanded to be done” Exodus 36:5
“Please do not bury me in Egypt. When I lie down with my fathers, take me up from Egypt and bury me in their burial-place” Genesis 47:29-30
“Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All the families of the earth shall be blessed through you and your descendants” Genesis 28:14
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