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Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

Aa
אֹהֶל
Transliteration
'ōhel
Pronunciation
o'-hel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 32a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x

The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x
The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

  1. tent

    1. nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience

    2. dwelling, home, habitation

    3. the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H168: Abbreviations
אֹ֫הֶל 343 noun masculineGenesis 13:3 tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic اٌَهْل, fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see H171 אהליאב) — absolute א׳ Genesis 4:20 +; construct id. Exodus 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה locative) Genesis 18:6 +; suffix אָהֳלִי Job 29:4 +; אָֽהָלִךָ Psalm 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Genesis 9:21 + 3 times (see DrSm xxxv); plural אֹהָלִים Genesis 13:5 + (Ges§ 23. 3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Judges 8:11 +; construct אָהֳלֵי Numbers 16:26 +; suffix אֹהָלַי Jeremiah 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Numbers 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:8 +, etc. —
1. tent of nomad Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 6:3; Jeremiah 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Genesis 4:20; Genesis 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Chronicles 14:14; of soldier 1 Samuel 17:54 compare Dr, Jeremiah 37:10; 1 Kings 8:66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1 Kings 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Samuel 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1 Samuel 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 Samuel 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Psalm 19:5; Joel 2:16 see RSKinship 168).
2. dwelling, habitation; Psalm 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judges 19:9 (after הלך); א׳ בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Psalm 132:3 compare Daniel 11:45; דוד א׳ habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isaiah 16:5; בַת צִיּוֺן א׳ house of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lamentations 2:4; אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jeremiah 30:18; Malachi 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה א׳ Zechariah 12:7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים א׳ h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare רֶשַׁע א׳ Psalm 84:11, יְשָׁרִים א׳ Proverbs 14:11; שֹׁחַד א׳ Job 15:34; צַדִּיקִים א׳ Psalm 118:15; אֱדוֺם א׳ = Edom itself, Psalm 83:7 compare קְדָר א׳ Psalm 120:5 כוּשָׁן א׳ Habakkuk 3:7.
3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד א׳ tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Exodus 33:7-11 Numbers 12:5, 10; Deuteronomy 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an מ׳ א׳ outside the camp, Numbers 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it + 131 times as מ׳ א׳; + 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezekiel 41:1) & הָעֵדוּת א׳, tent of the testimony Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2 Chronicles 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מ׳ מִשְׁכַּן א׳ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2, 6, 29, compare 1 Chronicles 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Numbers 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֺ Exodus 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, which was in form of parallelopip. (Exodus 26). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted Greek Version of the LXX; see Dr) compare Psalm 78:60, called יוֺסֵף א׳ Psalm 78:67. The Mosaic מ׳ א׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Chronicles 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at מ׳ א׳ 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:32 compare 1 Chronicles 9:19 (הָא׳), 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 9:23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Chronicles 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to יהוה א׳ 1 Kings 2:28-30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 Kings 1:39; the מוֺעֵד א׳ was taken up into temple 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Chronicles 17:5, compare 2 Samuel 7:6; יהוה א׳ (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Psalm 15:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 61:5 (compare Psalm 90:1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:20; 4:20; 9:21; 13:3; 13:5; 18:6; 25:27

Exodus

26; 28:43; 33:7; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:11; 35:11; 39:32; 40:2; 40:6; 40:29

Numbers

3:25; 9:15; 11:24; 11:26; 12:5; 12:10; 16:26; 18:2; 24:5

Deuteronomy

31:14; 31:15

Joshua

22:8

Judges

8:11; 19:9

1 Samuel

2:22; 17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

6:17; 7:6; 16:22; 20:1

1 Kings

1:39; 2:28; 2:29; 2:30; 8:4; 8:66; 12:16

1 Chronicles

6:17; 6:17; 9:19; 9:21; 9:23; 15:1; 16:1; 17:5; 23:32

2 Chronicles

1:3; 1:4; 1:6; 1:13; 5:5; 10:16; 14:14; 24:6

Job

8:22; 15:34; 29:4

Psalms

15:1; 19:5; 27:5; 27:6; 61:5; 61:5; 78:60; 78:67; 83:7; 84:11; 90:1; 91:10; 118:15; 120:5; 132:3

Proverbs

14:11

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

16:5

Jeremiah

4:20; 6:3; 30:18; 37:10; 49:29

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

41:1

Daniel

11:45

Joel

2:16

Habakkuk

3:7

Zechariah

12:7

Malachi

2:12

H168

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Strong's Number H168 matches the Hebrew אֹהֶל ('ōhel),
which occurs 348 times in 314 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 7 (Exo 36:14–Lev 14:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33 - And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - “Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 - “And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12 - “Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26 - He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:32 - Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 - Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:1 - Now the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - ‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - ‘He shall kill the bull before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - ‘He shall lay his hand on its head and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - ‘He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and kill the bull before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:5 - ‘Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it to the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - ‘And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - ‘when the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:16 - ‘The anointed priest shall bring some of the bull’s blood to the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:18 - ‘And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - ‘And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - ‘The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:30 - ‘But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in the holy place,[fn] shall be eaten. It shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:3 - “and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:4 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:31 - And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:33 - “And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35 - “Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:5 - So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:23 - And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - “You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - ‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - “Then the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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