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Lexicon :: Strong's H2706 - ḥōq

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חֹק
Transliteration
ḥōq
Pronunciation
khoke
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 728a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

    1. prescribed task

    2. prescribed portion

    3. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

    4. prescribed due

    5. prescribed limit, boundary

    6. enactment, decree, ordinance

      1. specific decree

      2. law in general

    7. enactments, statutes

      1. conditions

      2. enactments

      3. decrees

      4. civil enactments prescribed by God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
STRONGS H2706: Abbreviations
חֹק 127 noun masculineMicah 7:11 something prescribed, a statute or due; — ח׳ Genesis 47:22 22 times; חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 14 times; suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 3 times; חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13,14 etc. + 4 times suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 31 times; construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי [H2711 Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1] (Ges§ 93. 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 times suffixes —
1. prescribed task, assigned to Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:14 (E).
2. prescribed portion, or allowance of food Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse) (J); Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 31:15; Ezekiel 16:27; מחקי Job 23:12 (RV; < Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ol Me Di SS בְּחֵקִי in my bosom).
3. action prescribed for oneself, resolve: חִקֲקֵי לֵב Judges 5:15 resolves of mind || חִקְרֵי לֵב Judges 5:16.
4. prescribed due of the priests from offerings Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 10:13 (twice in verse); Leviticus 10:14 (twice in verse) (P); due of י׳ Leviticus 6:15 (P); עולם לח׳ Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 7:34; Leviticus 10:15; Numbers 18:8,11,19 (all P), Leviticus 24:9(H); portion of oil for the תּרומה Ezekiel 45:14.
5. prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10; Job 38:10; of heavens Psalm 148:6; of land of Israel Micah 7:11; of time Job 14:5,13; so מָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Isaiah 5:14 She'ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit.
6. enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man:
a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Genesis 47:26 (J); of passover Exodus 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah's daughter Judges 11:39; for Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25; חק ומשׁפט Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (both E), 1 Samuel 30:25; חק עולם Exodus 30:21; || עֵדוּת, מִשְׁמָּט Psalm 81:5; Psalm 81:6 (law of a festival).
b. of י׳ in nature Job 28:26.
c. respecting Messianic king Psalm 2:7; day of י׳ Zephaniah 2:2 MT, but on text see We and טֶרֶם, below; covenant with Jacob Psalm 105:10 ＝1 Chronicles 16:17; destiny of man Job 23:14.
d. law in general עלי חק according to law, right Psalm 94:20 (others against law); ומשׁפט לַמֵּד ח׳ Ezra 7:10; || בּרית and תורות Isaiah 25:5; || עדות Psalm 99:7.
7. plural חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law:
a. of י׳ in nature Jeremiah 31:36.
b. of the prophets Zechariah 1:6.
c. conditions of deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11.
d. enactments || מִשְׁמָּטִים : ancestral Ezekiel 20:18; given by God as punishment for disobedience Ezekiel 20:25.
e. decrees of unjust judges חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן Isaiah 10:1.
f. civil enactments prescribed by God: חֻקֵּי האלהים Exodus 18:16 (E; || תּוֺרֹתָיו), Exodus 18:20 (E; || id.)
g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Leviticus 10:11; Numbers 30:17 (P), Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 16:12; Psalm 119:5 20 times, Malachi 3:7; || תּוֺרַת י׳ Amos 2:4; ותורות ח׳ Psalm 105:45; והח׳ דברי הת׳ Deuteronomy 17:19; || ברית Psalm 50:16; וברית ועדות ח׳ 2 Kings 17:15; usually either || משׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1,5,8,14; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 11:32; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 26:16; 1 Kings 9:4 2 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 36:27, or else ומשׁפטים ח׳ combined with other synonym (usually preceding): e.g. דבר(ים ׅ Psalm 147:19; תורה 2 Chronicles 33:8; Malachi 3:22; מצוה Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; מצות Nehemiah 1:7; 1 Kings 8:58; מצוה, תורה 2 Chronicles 19:10; עֵדֹת Deuteronomy 4:45; Deuteronomy 6:20; sometimes following: e.g. תורות Leviticus 26:46; מצוה, תורה 2 Kings 17:37; or in different order, e.g. ותורות מ׳ ומצות ח׳ Nehemiah 9:13; וח׳ מצות ומ׳ Nehemiah 10:30; ומצות ח׳ ומ׳ Deuteronomy 26:17. Apart from משׁפטים it is combined with מצות, e.g. וח׳ מ׳ Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 27:10; ומ׳ ח׳ Deuteronomy 4:40; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:61; ותורה וח׳ מ׳ Nehemiah 9:14; ועדות וח׳ מ׳ Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31; וח׳ דברי מ׳ Ezra 7:11; it is used with verbs: נתן Leviticus 26:46 3 times; צוּה Numbers 30:17 9 times; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1 10 times; שׁמר Deuteronomy 26:17 16 times; עשׂה Deuteronomy 6:24 5 times; שׁמר לעשׂות Deuteronomy 11:32 4 times; הלך בְּ 1 Kings 8:61 3 times — [On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:22; 47:22; 47:26

Exodus

5:14; 12:24; 15:25; 15:26; 18:16; 18:16; 18:20; 29:28; 30:21; 30:21

Leviticus

6:11; 6:15; 7:34; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:14; 10:14; 10:15; 24:9; 26:46; 26:46

Numbers

18:8; 18:11; 18:19

Deuteronomy

4:1; 4:1; 4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:8; 4:14; 4:40; 4:45; 5:1; 5:28; 6:1; 6:17; 6:20; 6:24; 6:24; 7:11; 11:32; 11:32; 12:1; 16:12; 17:19; 26:16; 26:17; 26:17; 27:10

Joshua

24:25

Judges

5:15; 5:16; 11:39

1 Samuel

30:25

1 Kings

3:14; 8:58; 8:61; 8:61; 9:4

2 Kings

17:15; 17:37

1 Chronicles

16:17; 22:13; 29:19

2 Chronicles

7:17; 19:10; 33:8; 34:31; 35:25

Ezra

7:10; 7:11

Nehemiah

1:7; 9:13; 9:14; 10:30

Job

14:5; 14:5; 14:13; 23:12; 23:14; 26:10; 28:26; 38:10

Psalms

2:7; 50:16; 81:5; 81:6; 94:20; 99:7; 105:10; 105:45; 119:5; 147:19; 148:6

Proverbs

8:29; 30:8; 30:8; 31:15

Isaiah

5:14; 10:1; 25:5

Jeremiah

5:22; 31:36; 32:11

Ezekiel

11:12; 16:27; 20:18; 20:18; 20:25; 36:27; 45:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

7:11; 7:11

Zephaniah

2:2

Zechariah

1:6

Malachi

3:7

H2706

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Strong's Number H2706 matches the Hebrew חֹק (ḥōq),
which occurs 128 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Ki 9:4–Psa 119:145)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes H2706 and my judgments:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected his statutes, H2706 and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37 - And the statutes, H2706 and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:17 - And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, H2706 and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes H2706 and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:17 - And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes H2706 and my judgments;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes H2706 and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes H2706 and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, H2706 with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance H2706 in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes H2706 and judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes H2706 to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, H2706 nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes H2706 and commandments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, H2706 and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds H2706 that he cannot pass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, H2706 and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary H2706 food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:14 - For he performeth the thing that is appointed H2706 for me: and many such things are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He hath compassed the waters with bounds, H2706 until the day and night come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When he made a decree H2706 for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - And brake up for it my decreed H2706 place, and set bars and doors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:7 - I will declare the decree: H2706 the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:16 - But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, H2706 or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - For this was a statute H2706 for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:7 - He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance H2706 that he gave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, H2706 and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might observe his statutes, H2706 and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 - I will keep thy statutes: H2706 O forsake me not utterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:12 - Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:23 - Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:26 - I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; H2706 and I shall keep it unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Thy statutes H2706 have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:64

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:68

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:80

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; H2706 that I be not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:83

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:83 - For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:112

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes H2706 alway, even unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes H2706 continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:118

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:118 - Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: H2706 for their deceit is falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:124

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 - Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:135

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:135 - Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. H2706

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