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“And the Lord said to Moses: ‘Hew for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones. And I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke’” Exodus 34:1
“You shall not pervert the judgment of a stranger or an orphan and you shall not take a widow’s garment as security” Deuteronomy 24:17
“And God told Moses on Mount Sinai saying: Speak to the children of Israel and you shall say to them: ‘When you come to the land that I am giving you, the land shall rest a Sabbath to the Lord’” Leviticus 25:1-2
“The Egyptians were advancing... [the Children of Israel] were very frightened and [they] cried out to the Lord” Exodus 14:10
“I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel and I will be their God” Exodus 29:45
“And the blood will be for you for a sign… and I will see the blood and skip over you” Exodus 12:13
“And he woke up and behold it was a dream” Genesis 41:7
“And Abraham was old, advanced in days, and the Lord had blessed Abraham with everything” Genesis 24:1
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