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Exodus 32:30

Exodus 32:30

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The eighteenth day of Tammuz it was, the same writers say, that Moses implored the mercy of God for Israel.

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