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      "reference": "Isa. 11:11-12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "recover the remnant of his people",
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      "reference": "Jer. 31:8",
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      "reference": "Luke 15:20",
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      "reference": "Acts 3:21",
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      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the tabernacle of God is with men",
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