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From: Eddie Chumney
To:      heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Chapter 12: Ephraim and Judah Become One House


                                        CHAPTER 12

            EPHRAIM AND JUDAH BECOME ONE HOUSE


                      from the book by Eddie Chumney

              "RESTORING THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL"

         Copies can be purchased for individual or group study by
         writing to me (Eddie Chumney) at: (chumney@hebroots.org)


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                                   CHAPTER 12

             EPHRAIM AND JUDAH BECOME ONE HOUSE

                                     (Part 2 of 6)


     In Exodus (Shemot) 19:1-3, Moses (Moshe) brought the house of Jacob
(Ya'acov), the children of Israel, to mount Sinai where the G-d of
Israel confirmed the covenant that He made with Abraham (Avraham) and
entered into a marriage contract with the seed of Abraham (Avraham).


      G-D'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM WAS MADE WITH
           ABRAHAM'S DESCENDANTS AT MOUNT SINAI

     Many members within the house of Israel (Christianity) view the
covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham) and the
marriage contract that the G-d of Israel made with the seed of
Abraham (Avraham) as two independent events and two separate
covenants. In reality, what happened at mount Sinai was an extension
of the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham).
At mount Sinai, the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) was formally made to the seed of Abraham (Avraham) and to
his descendents forever just as the G-d of Israel promised Abraham
(Avraham) in Genesis (Bereishit) 17:7. In Deuteronomy (Devarim)
29:14-15 it is written:

      "Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
      But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord
      our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day."

     Every generation who lives after the generation who was at mount
Sinai are to see themselves as if they were actually redeemed from
Egyptian bondage and passed through the Red Sea to mount Sinai on
their way to the Promised Land. In I Corinthians 10:1-4 it is written:

      "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how
      that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed
      through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud
      and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did
      all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
      spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ
      [Mashiach]."

     Spiritually (sod/deeper meaning), all those who have accepted the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus from among the nations and who
are grafted into the olive tree of the G-d of Israel are heirs of the
promise that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham). In
Galatians 3:8, 16, 29 it is written:

      "And the Scripture, [TeNaKh/Old Testament] foreseeing that God
      would justify [make righteous] the heathen through faith
      [emunah], preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, in
      thee shall all nations be blessed [nivrecu/grafted or
      intermingled] . Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises
      made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And
      to thy seed, which is Christ [Mashiach] . And if ye be Christ's,
      then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."


                  THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BECOME
                         A NATION AT MOUNT SINAI

     As we just studied, the G-d of Israel called Moses (Moshe)
because of the covenant that He made with Abraham (Avraham) (Genesis
[Bereishit] 15:1-5, 13-14, 18-21, Exodus [Shemot] 2:23-25, 3:15-17)
to deliver the children of Israel from the bondage of the Egyptians.
The Torah of the G-d of Israel is a tree of life to the family of the
G-d of Israel (Proverbs [Mishlei] 3:17-18). The leaves of the tree of
life (the pages of the Torah scroll) is for the healing of the
nations (Revelation 22:2). Abraham (Avraham) kept the Torah of the
G-d of Israel (Genesis [Bereishit] 26:5). Because the tree of life
was in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) and because Abraham (Avraham)
kept the Torah of the G-d of Israel, the Torah of the G-d of Israel
did not first come into existence at mount Sinai. The Torah of the
G-d of Israel has always existed and will always exist.

     The unique event at mount Sinai was that the G-d of Israel
entered into a marriage contract with the seed of Abraham (Avraham).
When this was done, the seed of Abraham (Avraham) became a covenant
nation of people unto the G-d of Israel. The Torah became the ketubah
(marriage contract) or covenant agreement that made the seed of
Abraham (Avraham) a nation of people unto the G-d of Israel.
Therefore, the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) was extended to the seed of Abraham (Avraham) at mount
Sinai and they became a covenant people and a holy nation unto the
G-d of Israel. Never before in the history of the world did the G-d
of Israel enter into a covenant with a specific nation of people. In
Exodus (Shemot) 19:5-6 it is written:

      "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
      covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all
      people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a
      kingdom of priests and a HOLY NATION..."


                G-D BETROTHED HIMSELF TO ISRAEL
                                AT MOUNT SINAI

     At mount Sinai, the G-d of Israel betrothed Himself to the
children of Israel and entered into a marriage contract with them. In
Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) 2:1-3 it is written:

      "Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, go and cry in
      the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember
      thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals,
      when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was
      not sown. Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits
      of his increase: all that devour him shall offend, evil shall
      come upon them, says the Lord."

     There are two stages to the Biblical wedding. The first stage is
betrothal and the second stage is the consummation of the marriage.
During betrothal, you are legally married to your bride but you do
not physically dwell with her.

     At mount Sinai, the G-d of Israel betrothed Himself to the seed
of Abraham (Avraham) and entered into a marriage contract with them.
This marriage contract included a "mixed multitude" (Exodus [Shemot]
12:38) who came out of Egypt (Mitzrayim) with the seed of Abraham
(Avraham). These "mixed multitude" of people were GRAFTED into the
natural seed of Abraham (Avraham).

     In order for a Biblical marriage to be legal, both the bride and
the groom must agree to the terms of the marriage. The terms of the
marriage are stated in a marriage document known in Hebrew as a
Ketubah. When the G-d of Israel betrothed Himself to Israel at mount
Sinai, the Ketubah (marriage contract) was seen as being the Torah.
The children of Israel accepted the terms of the condition of the
marriage by saying the words, "I do." In Exodus (Shemot) 19:8 it is
written:

      "And all the people answered together, and said, All that the
      Lord has spoken we will do..."

     The terms and the conditions of the marriage including the
blessing for obedience and the curses for disobedience is stated in
Leviticus (Vayikra) 26 and Deuteronomy (Devarim) 28. In order to
understand the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham), we need to understand the blessings and the curses and the
consequences for obedience and disobedience in the marriage contract.

     The Biblical wedding that the G-d of Israel gave to His people
will traditionally have two witnesses. They are called the friends of
the bridegroom. One is assigned to the groom and one is assigned to
the bride. Spiritually (sod/deeper meaning), there are two witnesses
that Yeshua/Jesus is the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach). These two
witnesses are the Torah and the Prophets. In Luke 24:44, the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus spoke to His disciples (talmidim) and
stated that the Torah, Prophets and Writings (TeNaKh) speak of Him as
it is written:

      "And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto
      you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
      fulfilled, which were written in the law [Torah] of Moses, and
      in the prophets [Nevi'im], and in the Psalms, [Ketuvim]
      concerning me."

     When the G-d of Israel betrothed Himself to Israel at mount
Sinai, Moses (Moshe) was seen as being one of the two witnesses whose
primary job was to escort the bride (Israel) to meet the groom under
the chuppah (wedding canopy) which was seen as being mount Sinai. In
Exodus (Shemot) 19:17, Moses (Moshe) escorted the children of Israel
to mount Sinai to be married to the G-d of Israel under the chuppah
(mount Sinai) as it is written:

      "And Moses brought forth [escorted] the people out of the camp
      to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the
      mount."


                   WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL MEANING
                                OF BETROTHAL?

     Spiritually (sod/deeper meaning), everybody who accepts
Yeshua/Jesus as the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) and asks Him into their
heart and life by repenting (teshuvah) of their sins and by trusting
(emunah) in His shed blood on the tree for the forgiveness of their
sins is betrothed to Him.

     The ketubah (marriage contract) for all believers in Yeshua/Jesus
as the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) is the Torah written upon our heart.
This is the New Covenant  (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 31:33, Hebrews
10:15-16). The fullness of the marriage will be when we live and
dwell with the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus during the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).


    THE FULFILLMENT OF G-D'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM IS
  CONDITIONAL UPON OBEDIENCE TO G-D AND HIS TORAH


     The G-d of Israel promised Abraham (Avraham) that his seed would
be given a land for all eternity (Genesis [Bereishit] 15:18-21,
17:7-8). In order to fulfill this promise that the G-d of Israel made
to Abraham (Avraham), it was conditional upon the seed of Abraham
(Avraham) being an obedient people to the Torah of the G-d of Israel,
keeping His commandments and loving the G-d of Israel with all your
heart, soul, mind, and strength. In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 10:12-14 it
is written:

      "And now Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but
      to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love
      him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with
      all thy soul. To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his
      statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?"

      In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 4:5-9 it is written:

      "Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the
      Lord my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land
      whither you go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for
      this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the
      nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely
      this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what
      nation is there so great, who has God so nigh unto them, as the
      Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And
      what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments
      SO RIGHTEOUS AS ALL THIS LAW [TORAH], which I set before you
      this day? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul
      diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have
      seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy
      life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons."

     The terms and the conditions of the marriage contract (ketubah)
that the G-d of Israel made with the seed of Abraham (Avraham) can be
seen in Leviticus (Vayikra) 26 and Deuteronomy (Devarim) 28. The
conditional aspect of obedience to the Torah in order to receive
these blessings can be seen in Deuteronomy (Devarim) 28:1-2 as it is
written:

      "And it shall come to pass, IF thou shalt hearken diligently
      unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his
      commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy
      God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And
      all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, IF
      thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God."

     The relationship between the G-d of Israel fulfilling the
covenant that He made with Abraham (Avraham) and his seed to give
them an eternal Promised Land based upon obedience to the Torah of
the G-d of Israel can also be seen in Leviticus (Vayikra) 26:1-12. In
these scripture verses, we see the following:

     IF you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and do them
(Leviticus [Vayikra] 26:3) ...  then the G-d of Israel will give:

           a) Rain in due season (Leviticus [Vayikra] 26:4)

           b) Peace in the land (Leviticus [Vayikra] 26:6)

           c) Victory over enemies (Leviticus [Vayikra] 26:7)

           d) Be fruitful and multiply (Leviticus [Vayikra] 26:9)

           e) G-d's covenant with Abraham (Avraham) would be
           established (Leviticus [Vayikra] 26:9)

           f) G-d would set His tabernacle among His people (Leviticus
           [Vayikra] 26:11, Revelation 21:2-3)

           g) G-d's family would be called my people (Leviticus
           [Vayikra] 26:12, Revelation 21:2-3)

     The G-d of Israel setting His tabernacle (Mishkan) in the midst
of His people is an allusion to the establishment of the Messianic
Era (Athid Lavo) when the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) would live and
dwell with the family of the G-d of Israel teaching the Torah from
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) to all the nations of the earth (Isaiah
[Yeshayahu] 2:2-3).


   THE PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE WAS DISPERSION
                               INTO THE NATIONS

     The G-d of Israel declared that the punishment of Abraham's seed
for not believing and walking in His promise to them specifying that
they would be given a Promised Land and by not being faithful to the
marriage contract (Ketubah) made at mount Sinai (being obedient to
the Torah) that they would be scattered unto all the nations in the
earth. In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 28:15, 36-37, 45 it is written:

      "But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the
      voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments
      and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these
      curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee ... The Lord
      shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shall set over thee,
      unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and
      there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou
      shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all
      nations whither the Lord shall lead thee ... Moreover all these
      curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake
      thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto
      the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his
      statutes which he commanded thee."


                     G-D WARNS AGAINST ADOPTING
                  THE WAYS OF THE OTHER NATIONS

     The G-d of Israel instructed the children of Israel that when
they entered the land of Canaan that they were to totally destroy the
culture of the Canaanite people. In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 7:1-5 it is
written:

      "When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither
      thou goest to possess it, and has cast out many nations before
      thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and
      the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
      Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; And
      when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
      smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no
      covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: Neither shalt thou
      make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto
      his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. For they
      will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
      other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against
      you, and destroy thee suddenly. But thus shall ye deal with
      them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their
      images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images
      with fire."

     In this scripture passage, the G-d of Israel warned the seed of
Abraham (Avraham) not to mix paganism with their worship of Him. In
the previous section of this chapter, we saw that the G-d of Israel
declared that the punishment for disobeying His Torah and not
believing His covenant with Abraham (Avraham) was dispersion into the
nations of the world. However, the G-d of Israel made a promise to
Abraham's seed in His marriage contract (ketubah) to them that if
they would repent (teshuvah) after they had been scattered into the
nations of the earth that He would redeem His people and bring them
back to the Promised Land and fulfill the promise that He made with
Abraham (Avraham). In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 30:1-5 it is written:

      "And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon
      thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,
      and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations whither
      the Lord thy God has driven thee, And shalt return unto the Lord
      thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I
      command thee this day, thou and thy children with all thine
      heart, and with all thy soul; That then the Lord thy God will
      turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will
      return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord
      thy God has scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto
      the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God
      gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: And the Lord
      thy God will bring thee into the land which your fathers
      possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good,
      and multiply thee above your fathers."

      The fulfillment of this promise is the restoration of the two
houses of Israel (house of Israel/Christianity and the house of
Judah/Judaism) as prophesied in Ezekiel (Yechezekel) 37:15-28.


           THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE COMMANDED
                    TO POSSESS THE PROMISED LAND

     The G-d of Israel commanded the seed of Abraham (Avraham) through
the word of Moses (Moshe)  to possess the land that the G-d of Israel
had promised Abraham (Avraham). In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 1:3, 5, 8 it
is written:

      "And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh
      month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the
      children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given
      him in commandment unto them ... On this side Jordan, in the
      land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law [Torah] saying ...
      Behold I have set the land before you: go in and possess the
      land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and
      Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them."


                        TWELVE SPIES SEARCH OUT
                           THE LAND OF PROMISE

     In Numbers (Bamidbar) 13:1-17, the G-d of Israel commanded Moses
(Moshe) to have the children of Israel select one individual from
each of the twelve tribes and search the land of Canaan that the G-d
of Israel had promised the seed of Abraham (Avraham). A summary of
this event is as follows:

           1. One member from each of the 12 tribes was selected to
           spy out the land (Numbers [Bamidbar] 13:1-17).

           2. Only Joshua and Caleb came back with news that the
           children of Israel could possess the land that the G-d of
           Israel promised Abraham (Avraham).

                a) Joshua was from the tribe of Ephraim (Northern
                Kingdom).

                b) Caleb was from the tribe of Judah (Southern
                Kingdom).

           3. Ten spies came back with an evil report that the
           children of Israel could not possess the land that the G-d
           of Israel promised Abraham (Avraham) (Numbers [Bamidbar]
           13:17-20, 25-33)

           4. The G-d of Israel's punishment for those that believed
           the evil report was traveling 40 years in the wilderness.
           One year for each day of searching (Numbers [Bamidbar]
           14:26-34)


                          G-D COMMANDS JOSHUA
                  TO CONQUER THE PROMISED LAND

     When the G-d of Israel commanded Joshua and the seed of Abraham
(Avraham) to enter the Promised Land, the G-d of Israel reiterated to
Joshua the promise that He made with Abraham (Avraham). In Joshua
1:1-4 it is written:

      "Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to
      pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses'
      minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise,
      go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land
      which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every
      place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I
      given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and
      this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all
      the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the
      going down of the sun, shall be your coast."


             THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ONLY POSSESS
                      PART OF THE PROMISED LAND

     Following the death of Joshua, the children of Israel possessed
(in part) the land of Canaan. (Joshua 21:43-45). The children of
Israel did not possess the fullness of the land that the G-d of
Israel promised Abraham (Avraham). The G-d of Israel promised Abraham
(Avraham) that His descendants would possess the land from the Nile
to the Euphrates (Genesis [Bereishit] 15:18-21) including the land of
Canaan (Genesis [Bereishit] 17:8).


                    G-D APPOINTS JUDGES TO FINISH
                  CONQUERING THE PROMISED LAND

     Following the death of Joshua, we enter into the period of the
Judges. During this time, the entire land of Canaan was still not yet
conquered (Judges [Shoftim] 1:27-34). The G-d of Israel allowed for
some of the land of Canaan that He had promised Abraham (Genesis
[Bereishit] 17:7-8) to be left unconquered to test the hearts of the
seed of Abraham [Avraham] to determine if they would be obedient to
His Torah and believe the covenant that He made with Abraham
[Avraham]. In Judges [Shoftim] 3:1-4 it is written:

      "Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel
      by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of
      Canaan; Only that the generations of the children of Israel
      might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew
      nothing thereof; Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all
      the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in
      mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of
      Hamath; And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether
      they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he
      commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses."


               THE SINS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
                          IN THE PROMISED LAND

     When the G-d of Israel entered into a marriage contract (ketubah)
with the seed of Abraham (Avraham) at mount Sinai to keep His Torah,
He gave specific instructions to His people regarding how they were
to conduct themselves in the presence of the other nations who dwelt
in the land of Canaan (Deuteronomy [Devarim] 7:1-5). In these verses
we see the G-d of Israel commanding His people to do the following
things:

           1. Do not make marriages with the daughters of the nations
           who dwell in the land of Canaan.

           2. Do not serve the gods of the nations that dwell in the
           land of Canaan.

           3. Destroy the places of worship of those nations who dwell
           in the land of Canaan including their altars, graven images
           and groves.

     Spiritually (sod/deeper meaning), the G-d of Israel was asking
the seed of Abraham (Avraham) to live among the people in the land of
Canaan but don't practice the ways of their culture. The same
cultural values that existed in the land of Canaan during the days
when the G-d of Israel instructed the seed of Abraham (Avraham) to
conquer the Promised Land is still present today in our society in
the Western world through our Greco/Roman/Babylonian based value
system. The G-d of Israel still commands the people who are called by
His name within the house of Israel (Christianity) and the house of
Judah (Judaism) to depart from practicing the ways and values of our
Greco/Roman/Babylonian based culture. In Revelation 18:4 it is written:

      "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,
      my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
      receive not of her plaques."


    THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE UNFAITHFUL TO THEIR
                            MARRIAGE CONTRACT

     While in the land of Canaan, the seed of Abraham (Avraham)
forsook their marriage contract (obedience to the Torah) and the
covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham). They
served the gods of the Canaanite nations (Judges [Shoftim] 2:12) and
intermarried with their people (Judges [Shoftim] 3:5-6). Because of
these sins, the seed of Abraham (Avraham) did not conquer all of the
land of Canaan that the G-d of Israel promised Abraham (Avraham)
(Genesis [Bereishit] 17:7-8. Therefore, the fullness of the promise
that the G-d of Israel made Abraham [Avraham] remained unfulfilled.

     Nevertheless, when the seed of Abraham (Avraham) repented
(teshuvah) to the G-d of Israel for their sins, the G-d of Israel
raised up Judges who would deliver the seed of Abraham (Avraham) from
their enemies. However, when the Judge died, the seed of Abraham
(Avraham) returned to their ways of sin and disobedience to the Torah
of the G-d of Israel (Judges [Shoftim] 2:11-21).

     One of the gods that the seed of Abraham (Avraham) served in
Canaan was Ashtaroth (Judges [Shoftim] 2:13). Ashtaroth was the
goddess of sex and fertility. The house of Israel (Christianity)
"Christianized" the original pagan worship of Ashtaroth during the
days of the Roman Empire and has named this holiday Easter. The
custom of Easter eggs and rabbits is associated with the worship of
Ashtaroth and the fertility of the earth.

                            (End Part 2 of 6)

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