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they were troubled for a little while as a warning, and received a symbol of deliverance to remind them of your law's command.
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For the one who turned toward it was saved, not by the thing that was beheld, but by you, the Savior of all.
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And by this also you convinced our enemies that it is you who deliver from every evil.
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For they were killed by the bites of locusts and flies, and no healing was found for them, because they deserved to be punished by such things.
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But your children were not conquered even by the fangs of venomous serpents, for your mercy came to their help and healed them.
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