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ELS (Equidistant Letter Spacing) Matrix
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FUSSHALLWITHHOLDFROMTHEEHISSEPULCHREBUTTHATTHO
UMAYESTBURYTHYDEADANDABRAHAMROSEUPANDBOWEDHIMS
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OFMACHPELAHWHICHHEHATHWHICHISINTHEENDOFHISFIEL
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:3
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And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:4
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I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:5
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And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:6
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Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God among us. In the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:7
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And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:8
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And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:9
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that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:10
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Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:11
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Nay, my lord, hear me. The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee. In the presence of the children of my people give I it thee. Bury thy dead.
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:12
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And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
23:13
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And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
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