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      "reference": "Exod. 3:8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "a land flowing with milk and honey",
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      "reference": "1 Cor. 14:20",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "in understanding be men",
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      "reference": "Heb. 5:12",
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