the firstlings: Exodus 13:12; Numbers 18:12, Numbers 18:17; Proverbs 3:9; Hebrews 9:22; 1 Peter 1:19-20; Revelation 13:8
flock: Heb. sheep, or, goats
fat: Leviticus 3:16-17
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Genesis 4:4
Genesis 4:4
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