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207:Haaretz
181:Haaretz
122:of the
83:Print (
1412:Holman
1361:LOLCat
1102:(RNJB)
1008:(TNIV)
891:(HCSB)
853:(NIrV)
841:(KJ21)
805:(NRSV)
776:(NKJV)
769:Bethel
752:Living
730:(NASB)
699:Anchor
640:Quaker
560:Geneva
381:
358:
286:
118:is an
44:Spines
1557:Bible
1555:This
1522:Books
1510:Bible
1166:Alter
1149:(FBV)
1143:(MSB)
1137:(BSB)
1131:(TLV)
1120:(LSB)
1108:(EHV)
1096:(TPT)
1090:(CSB)
1084:(LEV)
1078:(MEV)
1031:(CEB)
1014:(NET)
1002:(ESV)
991:(WEB)
897:(ERV)
885:(ISV)
869:(NLT)
847:(TMB)
835:(NLV)
829:(TCW)
823:(MSG)
817:(CEV)
811:(REB)
799:(CCB)
788:(GLT)
782:(NJB)
765:(NCV)
759:(NIV)
748:(NAB)
736:(GNB)
724:(BLE)
718:(NEB)
712:(MLB)
706:(NWT)
695:(RSV)
689:(BBE)
663:(ASV)
625:Darby
610:(YLT)
578:(KJV)
572:(DRV)
469:Bible
92:Pages
1561:stub
985:(SH)
742:(JB)
682:Knox
616:(RV)
410:2018
379:ISSN
356:ISSN
337:2018
308:2018
284:ISSN
265:2018
245:2018
214:2019
188:2019
101:ISBN
95:3500
75:2018
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1585:t
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