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Jeremiah 29:1

Jeremiah 29:1

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Now: This transaction is supposed to have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah.

of the letter: Jeremiah 29:25-29; 2 Chronicles 30:1-6; Esther 9:20; Acts 15:23; 2 Corinthians 7:8; Galatians 6:11; Hebrews 13:22; Rev. 2:1-3:22

the elders: Jeremiah 24:1-7, Jeremiah 28:4

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