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these are the ten tribes that were taken captive from their land in the days of King Hoshea, whom King Shalmaneser of the Assyrians took across the river as a captive. They were taken into another land,
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He will destroy them without effort by the Law, which was indicated by the fire.
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"As to the fact that you saw him collecting to himself another peaceful multitude,
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these are the ten tribes that were taken captive from their land in the days of King Hoshea, whom King Shalmaneser of the Assyrians took across the river as a captive. They were taken into another land,
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but they made this plan for themselves: They would leave the multitude of the nations and go into a more remote region, where the human race had never lived.
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There they would be able to observe their customs, which they hadn't kept in their own region.