City Plan Incised on Clay Tablet
Kassite Period (Babylonia), 16th–12th Century BCE
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In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, certain elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat down before me. And the word of the Lord came to me:
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The Sins of the Leaders
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