1 When then I saw them so lashed with the whip and vexed, I was sorry for their sakes, because they were so tortured and had no rest at all. (HER)
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Exodus 1:13–15
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Parables 62:6–7
6 This shepherd then kept receiving from the young man, the shepherd, those sheep that were frisky and well fed, but not skipping about, and putting them in a certain spot, which was precipitous and covered with thorns and briars, so that the sheep could not di… (HER)
2 Enoch 40:9–11
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3 Maccabees 4:12–14
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Wisdom of Solomon 16:3–5
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Testament of Joseph 2:63–65
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Nehemiah 5:5–7
5 We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” 6 Wh…
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