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Lexicon :: Strong's H1366 - gᵊḇûl

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גְּבוּל
Transliteration
gᵊḇûl
Pronunciation
gheb-ool'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 307a

Strong’s Definitions

גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x

The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x
The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. border, territory

    1. border

    2. territory (enclosed within boundary)

    3. region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
STRONGS H1366: Abbreviations
גבול(ח) Joshua 15:47 Kt; read הַגָּדוֺל Vrss. Manuscripts compare Joshua 15:12.

גְּבוּל 240 noun masculineNumbers 34 border, boundary, territory (Late Hebrew id., Punic gubulim (plural, PlautPoen. i. 9) — גָּבוּל Genesis 10:19 + 168 times + Joshua 15:47 Kt (but read Qr גָּדוֺל); גְּבֻל Numbers 21:13 + 9 times; (both, in absolute & construct, e.g. absolute Numbers 22:36; Numbers 34:8, construct Genesis 10:19; 2 Samuel 21:5); suffix גְּבוּלִי 1 Chronicles 4:10, גְּבוּלְךָ Exodus 7:27, גְבֻלְךָ Exodus 23:31 + 3 times, etc.; plural (8 times) only suffix גְּבוּלֶיךָ Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3, etc.; —
1. border, boundary,
a. of a land or people: Canaanites Genesis 10:19 (J), Edom Numbers 20:23; Joshua 15:1, 21 (all P) compare Obadiah 7, Amorites Numbers 21:13 (E) Joshua 13:4 (D) compare Joshua 12:5 (D) Judges 1:36, Moab Numbers 21:13, 15; Numbers 22:36 (E) Numbers 33:44 (P) Deuteronomy 2:18; Judges 11:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 15:8, Ammon Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:10 (all D) Amos 1:3, Bashan Joshua 12:4 (D), Egypt 1 Kings 5:1 = 2 Chronicles 9:26; Isaiah 19:19; especially of promised land Exodus 23:31; Exodus 34:24 (JE) Numbers 34:3+ + 13 times Numbers 34 (all P) Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 16:4; Joshua 1:4 (D), compare Ezekiel 45:1 + 10 times Ezekiel 45-48; also of Israel 2 Kings 14:25; Amos 6:2; Malachi 1:5.
b. boundary of smaller divisions, e.g. Geshurites Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11 (all D), compare Joshua 16:2, 3(J) Joshua 19:12 (P); especially of tribes of Israel Deuteronomy 3:16, 17; Joshua 13:30 (all D) Joshua 13:16 + 60 times Joshua 13-19 (P); — Joshua 15:47 read גדול see above; Joshua 22:25 (P) & Joshua 17:8; Joshua 18:11; Joshua 24:30 (JE), compare 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:51; 2 Chronicles 11:13; Ezekiel 48:1 + 15 times Ezekiel 48 (including Ezekiel 48:22; Ezekiel 48:22 q. strike out Co); — in 1 Samuel 13:18 read for גְּבוּל, הַגֶּבַע Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
†c. boundary of territory belonging to an individual, — of field, piece of ground, etc. Genesis 23:17 (P) Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Joshua 24:30 (E) = Judges 2:9; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:10; Hosea 5:10.
†d. border of stream Numbers 22:36.
†e. limit to waters of deep Psalm 104:9 compare Jeremiah 5:22.
†f. a concrete object marking limit,
(α) barrier in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:12 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co) Ezekiel 40:12;
(β) border of altar Ezekiel 43:13, 17, 20;
(γ) surrounding wall of restored Zion Isaiah 54:12 (so Greek Version of the LXX Ew Kn Che; De Brd territory, Di undecided).
†2. territory (enclosed within boundary),
a. of land or people Genesis 47:21 (J) Exodus 7:27 (P) Exodus 10:4, 14 (|| ארץ) Exodus 10:19; Exodus 13:7 (all J), Numbers 20:16, 17, 21; Numbers 21:22 (E; || ארץ) = Judges 11:20; Numbers 21:23 (E) Deuteronomy 2:4; Deuteronomy 19:3 (אַרְצְךָ גּ׳) Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 28:40; Joshua 18:5 (twice in verse) (E) Judges 11:22; Judges 19:29; 2 Samuel 21:5; 1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 10:32; 1 Chronicles 21:12 (|| ארץ) Psalm 105:31 (= ארץ in || Ezekiel 8:16, 17) Psalm 8:33; Psalm 147:14; Jeremiah 31:17; Ezekiel 11:10, 11; Joel 3:6; Zephaniah 2:8.
b. territory of a city (or limit of such territory) Numbers 35:26, 27; Joshua 13:26; Judges 1:18 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:17 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Ezekiel 48:1; Amos 6:2.
†c. territory about Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 43:12.
†d. plural in like sense (only use of plural), of land Micah 5:5; Isaiah 60:18 (|| ארץ) Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:13, of city 1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Kings 15:16; 2 Kings 18:8; so Ezekiel 27:4 of Tyre.
†e. figurative territory (region) of darkness Job 38:20; territory of wickedness Malachi 1:4 (of Edom); territory of his holiness Psalm 78:54 (of Canaan).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19; 10:19; 10:19; 23:17; 47:21

Exodus

10:4; 10:14; 10:19; 13:7; 23:31; 23:31; 34:24

Numbers

20:16; 20:17; 20:21; 20:23; 21:13; 21:13; 21:13; 21:15; 21:22; 21:23; 21:24; 22:36; 22:36; 22:36; 33:44; 34; 34; 34:3; 34:8; 35:26; 35:27

Deuteronomy

2:4; 2:18; 3:14; 3:16; 3:16; 3:17; 11:24; 12:20; 16:4; 19:3; 19:8; 19:14; 27:17; 28:40

Joshua

1:4; 12:2; 12:4; 12:5; 12:5; 13; 13:4; 13:10; 13:11; 13:16; 13:26; 13:30; 14; 15; 15:1; 15:12; 15:21; 15:47; 15:47; 15:47; 16; 16:2; 16:3; 17; 17:8; 18; 18:5; 18:11; 19; 19:12; 22:25; 24:30; 24:30

Judges

1:18; 1:36; 2:9; 11:18; 11:20; 11:22; 19:29

1 Samuel

5:6; 13:18

2 Samuel

21:5; 21:5

1 Kings

1:3; 5:1

2 Kings

3:21; 10:32; 14:25; 15:16; 18:8

1 Chronicles

4:10; 4:10; 6:39; 6:51; 21:12

2 Chronicles

9:26; 11:13

Job

38:20

Psalms

78:54; 104:9; 105:31; 147:14

Proverbs

15:25; 22:28; 23:10

Isaiah

15:8; 19:19; 54:12; 60:18

Jeremiah

5:22; 15:13; 15:13; 17:3; 17:13; 31:17

Ezekiel

8:16; 8:17; 11:10; 11:11; 27:4; 40:12; 40:12; 43:12; 43:13; 43:17; 43:20; 45; 45:1; 46; 47; 47:16; 47:17; 48; 48; 48:1; 48:1; 48:22; 48:22

Hosea

5:10

Joel

3:6

Amos

1:3; 6:2; 6:2

Obadiah

1:7

Micah

5:5

Zephaniah

2:8

Malachi

1:4; 1:5

H1366

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Strong's Number H1366 matches the Hebrew גְּבוּל (gᵊḇûl),
which occurs 241 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 10:19–Jos 12:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham secured Ephron's field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt's border to the other end of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:2 - But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. It was very severe; there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - and the LORD turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7 - Bread made without yeast must be eaten for seven days; no bread made with yeast shall be seen among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - So when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King's Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:23 - And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:15 - and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - "Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King's Highway until we pass your borders."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:44 - They traveled from Oboth and camped in Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4 - and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, continue to Zin, and then its direction will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5 - There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:6 - "'And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7 - "'And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:9 - The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:10 - "'For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - Instruct these people as follows: 'You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:18 - "Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, which it retains to this very day.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - The Arabah and the Jordan River were also a border, from the sea of Chinnereth to the sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the watershed of Pisgah to the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - When the LORD your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, "I want to eat meat just as I please," you may do so as you wish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the LORD your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:8 - If the LORD your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - You must not encroach on your neighbor's property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - 'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40 - You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) - including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead - all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

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