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End of "Judges"

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5:1–31 The Song of Deborah. Thought to be the oldest extended composition in the Bible (twelfth century B.C.E., according to some), this often obscure poem belongs to a genre of victory hymn common in Egypt and Assyria. […]

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End of "Joshua"

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End of "Deuteronomy"

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[32:42] I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

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End of "Numbers"

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End of "Leviticus"

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13:1–14:57 Skin rot ("leprosy") and mildew. The Hebrew word tsara'at, formerly translated "leprosy", has no exact equivalent in English. It is used to refer to several different ailments, none of which is technically leprosy. (What we call leprosy or Hansen's disease was probably unknown in the biblical world before the time of Alexander the Great.)

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[...] It should be emphasized that the distinctions have nothing to do with health or hygiene; "clean" and "unclean" are socioreligious terms that in this instance correspond to regular and anomalous. [...]

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End of "Exodus"

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