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Lexicon :: Strong's H6944 - qōḏeš

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קֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration
qōḏeš
Pronunciation
ko'-desh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990a

Strong’s Definitions

קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh, ko'-desh; from H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 468x

The KJV translates Strong's H6944 in the following manner: holy (262x), sanctuary (68x), (holy, hallowed, ...) things (52x), most (44x), holiness (30x), dedicated (5x), hallowed (3x), consecrated (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 468x
The KJV translates Strong's H6944 in the following manner: holy (262x), sanctuary (68x), (holy, hallowed, ...) things (52x), most (44x), holiness (30x), dedicated (5x), hallowed (3x), consecrated (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness

    1. apartness, sacredness, holiness

      1. of God

      2. of places

      3. of things

    2. set-apartness, separateness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh, ko'-desh; from H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
STRONGS H6944: Abbreviations
קֹ֫דֶשׁ(approximately 469 times) noun masculine apartness, sacredness (opposed to חֹל Leviticus 10:10 + 4 times Ezekiel); — absolute ק׳ Exodus 3:5 +; קוֺדֶשׁ Daniel 11:30; construct קֹדֶשׁ Exodus 30:36 +; suffix קָדְשִׁי Leviticus 20:3 +, etc.; plural קָֽדָשִׁים Exodus 29:37 +, הַקֳּדָשִׁים Exodus 26:33 +; construct קָדְשֵׁי Leviticus 22:15 +; suffix קָֽדָשַׁי Ezekiel 22:8 + 3 times, קֳדָשֶׁיךָ Deuteronomy 12:26, קֳדָשָׁיו Numbers 5:10; 2 Kings 12:19, קָֽדָשָׁיו 2 Chronicles 15:18, etc.; —
1. apartness, sacredness, holiness, of God:
a. of divine activity, synonym majesty, בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (of victory), Exodus 15:11 (song) Psalm 68:18; Psalm 77:14; זְרוֺעַ ק׳ holy arm Isaiah 52:10; Psalm 98:1.
b. to attest his word as inviolable נשׁבע בק׳ Amos 4:2; Psalm 89:36; compare דִּבְרֵי ק׳ Jeremiah 23:9, דְּבַר ק׳ Psalm 105:42.
c. of his name as sacred, inviolable, separate from all defilement, etc.: שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 22:2, Leviticus 22:32 (P), Amos 2:7; I Chronicles 16:10, I Chronicles 16:35; I Chronicles 29:16 + 9 times. Ezekiel; + 5 times Psalms; זֵכֶר ק׳ Psalm 30:5 = Psalm 97:12; and so...
d. רוּחַ קָדְשׁוֺ his holy Spirit Isaiah 63:10, Isaiah 63:11, compare Psalm 51:13.
2. of places set apart as sacred by God's presence:
a. heavenly abode; מעון ק׳ Deuteronomy 26:15; Jeremiah 25:30; Zechariah 2:13; II Chronicles 30:27; Psalm 68:6; הֵיכֵל ק׳ Micah 1:2; Habakkuk 2:20; Jonah 2:5; Jonah 2:8; Psalm 11:4; מְרוֺם ק׳ Psalm 102:20; זְבוּל ק׳ Isaiah 63:15; שְׁמֵי ק׳ Psalm 20:7 כסּא ק׳ Psalm 47:9; בְּקָדְשׁוֺ Psalm 150:1.
†b. on earth: אַדְמַת ק׳ Exodus 3:5 (E), compare Joshua 5:15 (JE) 2 Chronicles 8:11; הַר ק׳ אלהים Ezekiel 28:14.
c. (only P and Ch) the tabernacle and its courts Exodus 40:9; Numbers 3:28 +; tabernacle by itself Exodus 38:24; Leviticus 10:4 +; court Leviticus 10:17, Leviticus 10:18 + (so קדשׁ הקדשׁים Numbers 18:10); the outer room (specific designation; הַקּ׳) Exodus 26:33; Exodus 28:29 +; inner room Leviticus 4:6; Leviticus 16:2 +, but specific designation קדשׁ הקדשׁים Exodus 26:33, Exodus 26:34; I Chronicles 6:34; שֶׁקֶל הק׳ shekel of the sanctuary Exodus 30:13 + 24 times. P.
d. the temple and its precincts 2 Chronicles 29:7; Daniel 8:13 +; שָׂרֵי ק׳ Isaiah 43:28; 1 Chronicles 24:5; בְּקָדְשׁוֺ דכּר Psalm 60:8 = Psalm 108:8 (oracle; others by his holiness, as נשׁבעתי בקדשׁי Psalm 89:36), temple by itself II Chronicles 29:5; † בית (ה)ק׳ Isaiah 64:10; I Chronicles 29:3; † הֵיכַל קדשׁך Psalm 5:8 = Psalm 138:2; Psalm 79:1; הַקּ׳ outer room I Kings 8:10 II Chronicles 5:11; courts of priests Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:27 (twice in verse); †חצרות קדשׁי Isaiah 62:9; inner room Ezekiel 41:21, Ezekiel 41:23, specifically †דְּבִּיר קדשׁך Psalm 28:2; †הקדשׁים קדשׁ I Kings 6:16; I Kings 7:50; I Kings 8:6; II Chronicles 3:8, II Chronicles 3:10; II Chronicles 4:22; II Chronicles 5:7; Ezekiel 41:4; †לִשְׁכוֺת הַקּ׳ Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 46:19 (see לִשְׁכָּךְ, [H3957 1. c.]).
† e. Jerusalem and its hills: מקום קדשׁו Ezra 9:8, עיר הק׳ Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1, Nehemiah 11:18, ע׳ קדשׁך Daniel 9:24, הר (ה)ק׳ Isaiah 11:9 + 6 times. Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 31:23; Ezekiel 20:40; Joel 2:1; Joel 3:17; Obadiah 1:16; Zephaniah 3:11; Zechariah 8:3; Daniel 9:16, Daniel 9:20; Daniel 11:45 + 6 times. Psalms; גְּבוּל ק׳ Psalm 78:54, הַרֲרֵי ק׳ Psalm 87:1 probably also Psalm 110:3, ק׳ of city and suburbs in Messianic future Jeremiah 31:40; Joel 3:17. Compare
f. (ה)קדשׁ of Zion Obadiah 1:17; Psalm 20:3; Psalm 24:3; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 68:25, ק׳ קדשׁים Ezekiel 43:12; נְוֵה ק׳ Exodus 15:13 of Zion (or Shiloh).
g. of holy land Zephaniah 3:4, אדמת הק׳ Zechariah 2:12, עָרֵי קדשׁך Isa 64:9; future portion of priests ק׳ Ezekiel 45:1 (twice in verse) + 11 times Ezekiel; קדשׁ קדשׁים Ezekiel 45:3; Ezekiel 48:12; of Levites קדשׁ Ezekiel 48:14.
3. things consecrated at sacred places:
a. furniture of tabernacle קדשׁ (ה)קדשׁים Exodus 30:10, Exodus 30:29; Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:19; altar of burnt-offering Exodus 29:37; Exodus 40:10; Daniel 9:24; ארון הק׳ 2 Chronicles 35:3.
b. sacrifices of animals Numbers 18:17; Ezekiel 36:38; 2 Chronicles 29:33; sacrificial food Leviticus 21:22b Numbers 5:9 +; קדשׁים (ה) קדשׁ Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 2:10; Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:1; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 10:12; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 14:13; Numbers 18:9 (twice in verse) (all P), Ezekiel 42:13 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 31:14; Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65; tithe was קדשׁ Leviticus 27:30 +, also first loaves of new harvest Leviticus 23:20; fruit of trees of 4th year Leviticus 19:24.
c. any consecrated thing: || vows Deuteronomy 12:26; Proverbs 20:25 +; house Leviticus 27:14; field Leviticus 27:21; Leviticus 27:23; treasures consecrated to treasury of tabernacle or temple Joshua 6:19 (E) I Kings 7:51 +; consecrated things in general Exodus 28:38 (P), Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 22:8 +; these may be †(ה)קדשׁים קדשׁ Ezekiel 44:13, so חֵרֶם Leviticus 27:28.
d. anointing oil of priest Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 5 times. (P), Psalm 89:21; incense Exodus 30:35; Exodus 30:37, ק׳ קדשׁים Exodus 30:36; shew-bread I Samuel 21:5, קדשׁ (ה)ק׳ Leviticus 24:9; compare Leviticus 21:22a (P); foretold of common articles, ק׳ לי׳ Zechariah 14:20; Zechariah 14:21. On ק׳ הקדשׁים see also DiExodus 26, 33 Leviticus 21, 22 Wecompare 160 f. DrDaniel 9:24.
4. persons sacred by connection with sacred places:
a. priests Leviticus 21:6; II Chronicles 23:6; II Chronicles 31:18; Ezra 8:28; garments of priesthood Exodus 28:2; Exodus 28:4; + 7 times. Exodus; Leviticus 16:4; Leviticus 16:32; Ezekiel 42:14; specifically of high priest כתנת ק׳ Leviticus 16:4, נֵזֶר הק׳ Exodus 29:6; Exodus 39:30; Leviticus 8:9; inscription on head piece קדשׁ ליהוה Exodus 28:36; Exodus 39:30.
b. of Israel, קדשׁ לי׳ Jeremiah 2:3, לקדשׁו היתה Psalm 114:2, עם (ה) קדשׁ Isaiah 62:12; Daniel 12:7, עם קדשׁך Isaiah 63:18; זֶרַע (ה) קדשׁ Isaiah 6:13; Ezra 9:2; אַנְשֵׁי קדשׁ Exodus 22:30 (R), and so spoil for their use Isaiah 23:18; holy adornment הַדְרַת ק׳ 1 Chronicles 16:29; 2 Chronicles 20:21; Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:9; הַדְרֵי ק׳ Psalm 110:3 (but read הַרְרֵי see 2e; הָדָר 1); covenant between God and his people ברית ק׳ Daniel 11:28; Daniel 11:30 (twice in verse).
5. times consecrated to worship: שׁבת Exodus 16:23; Exodus 31:14; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2 (P) Nehemiah 9:14; of שׁבת also יום ק׳ Isaiah 58:13; distinguished from שׁבת Nehemiah 10:32; יובל Leviticus 25:12 (P); assembly called at stated times for worship מקרא(י) ק׳ Exodus 12:16 (twice in verse) + 17 times. Leviticus 23; Numbers 28 (all P).
† 6. of things and persons ceremonially cleansed, and so separated as sacred; things 1 Samuel 21:6; flesh Jeremiah 11:15; Malachi 2:11; priests cleanse thus, I Chronicles 23:13, בין (ה)קדש להל Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 42:20; Ezekiel 44:23; בין הק׳ ובין החל Leviticus 10:10; הק׳ דֶּרֶך Isaiah 35:8 way of the clean; יְדֵכֶם ק׳ שְׂאוּ Psalm 134:2; לְבֵיתְךָ נַאֲוָהּ־קּֿ׳ Psalm 93:5. —
Note: מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ Deuteronomy 33:2 is literally from myriads of sacredness, sacred myriads; but || suggests proper name, of a location, Greek Version of the LXX σὺν μυριάσιν Καδής, < מִמְּרִבַת קָדֵשׁ from Maribah Kadesh Di Buhl Steuern; or (מִן omitted) to M. Kadesh WeProl. 364; 3rd ed. 359; Hist. 344; see H6946 קָדֵשׁ and DrDt.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

3:5; 3:5; 12:16; 15:11; 15:13; 16:23; 22:30; 26:33; 26:33; 26:33; 26:34; 28:2; 28:4; 28:29; 28:36; 28:38; 29:6; 29:37; 29:37; 30:10; 30:13; 30:25; 30:29; 30:35; 30:36; 30:36; 30:37; 31:14; 31:15; 35:2; 38:24; 39:30; 39:30; 40:9; 40:10

Leviticus

2:3; 2:10; 4:6; 6:10; 6:18; 6:22; 7:1; 7:6; 8:9; 10:4; 10:10; 10:10; 10:12; 10:17; 10:17; 10:18; 14:13; 16:2; 16:4; 16:4; 16:32; 19:24; 20:3; 20:3; 21:6; 21:22; 21:22; 22:2; 22:15; 22:32; 23:20; 24:9; 25:12; 27:14; 27:21; 27:23; 27:28; 27:30

Numbers

3:28; 4:4; 4:19; 5:9; 5:10; 18:9; 18:10; 18:17

Deuteronomy

12:26; 12:26; 26:15; 33:2

Joshua

5:15; 6:19

1 Samuel

21:5; 21:6

1 Kings

6:16; 7:50; 7:51; 8:6; 8:10

2 Kings

12:19

1 Chronicles

6:34; 16:10; 16:29; 16:35; 23:13; 24:5; 29:3; 29:16

2 Chronicles

3:8; 3:10; 4:22; 5:7; 5:11; 8:11; 15:18; 20:21; 23:6; 29:5; 29:7; 29:33; 30:27; 31:14; 31:18; 35:3

Ezra

2:63; 8:28; 9:2; 9:8

Nehemiah

7:65; 9:14; 10:32; 11:1; 11:18

Psalms

5:8; 11:4; 20:3; 20:7; 24:3; 28:2; 29:2; 30:5; 47:9; 51:13; 60:8; 63:3; 68:6; 68:18; 68:25; 77:14; 78:54; 79:1; 87:1; 89:21; 89:36; 89:36; 93:5; 96:9; 97:12; 98:1; 102:20; 105:42; 108:8; 110:3; 110:3; 114:2; 134:2; 138:2; 150:1

Proverbs

20:25

Isaiah

6:13; 11:9; 23:18; 35:8; 43:28; 48:2; 52:1; 52:10; 58:13; 62:9; 62:12; 63:10; 63:11; 63:15; 63:18; 64:9; 64:10

Jeremiah

2:3; 11:15; 23:9; 25:30; 31:23; 31:40

Ezekiel

20:40; 20:40; 22:8; 22:8; 22:26; 28:14; 36:38; 41:4; 41:21; 41:23; 42:13; 42:13; 42:14; 42:14; 42:20; 43:12; 44:13; 44:19; 44:23; 44:27; 45:1; 45:3; 46:19; 48:12; 48:14

Daniel

8:13; 9:16; 9:20; 9:24; 9:24; 11:28; 11:30; 11:30; 11:45; 12:7

Joel

2:1; 3:17; 3:17

Amos

2:7; 4:2

Obadiah

1:16; 1:17

Jonah

2:5; 2:8

Micah

1:2

Habakkuk

2:20

Zephaniah

3:4; 3:11

Zechariah

2:12; 2:13; 8:3; 14:20; 14:21

Malachi

2:11

H6944

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Strong's Number H6944 matches the Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ (qōḏeš),
which occurs 30 times in 24 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[fn] of fine gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:10 - For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:22 - the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5 - and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests carried them up;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:11 - The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:18 - He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his[fn] holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - No one is to enter the temple of the LORD except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the others are to observe the LORD’s command not to enter.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the LORD and also the consecrated gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:18 - They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who had been consecrated to the LORD: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - “Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow Israelites, the lay people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - They roasted the Passover animals over the fire as prescribed, and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans and served them quickly to all the people.
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