Exodus 23:1

AMP: “You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

ASV: Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

BSB: “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

DARBY: Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

DRA: Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

KJV: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Exodus 23:2

AMP: You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

ASV: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice]:

BSB: You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

DARBY: Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].

DRA: Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.

KJV: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Exodus 23:3

AMP: nor shall you favor or be partial to a poor man in his dispute [simply because he is poor].

ASV: neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

BSB: And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

DARBY: Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

DRA: Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment.

KJV: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:4

AMP: “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering off, you must bring it back to him.

ASV: If thou meet thine enemy`s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

BSB: If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

DARBY: If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.

DRA: If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.

KJV: If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

Exodus 23:5

AMP: If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave the man to deal with it [alone]; you must help him release the animal [from its burden].

ASV: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release [it] with him.

BSB: If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

DARBY: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him.

DRA: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up with him.

KJV: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

Exodus 23:6

AMP: “You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

ASV: Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

BSB: You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

DARBY: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

DRA: Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.

KJV: Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Exodus 23:7

AMP: Keep far away from a false charge or action, and do not condemn to death the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the guilty.

ASV: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

BSB: Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

DARBY: Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

DRA: Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

KJV: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Exodus 23:8

AMP: “You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.

ASV: And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

BSB: Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

DARBY: And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

DRA: Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

KJV: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:9

AMP: “You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the soul [the feelings, thoughts, and concerns] of a stranger, for you were strangers in Egypt.

ASV: And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

BSB: Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

DARBY: And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

DRA: Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

KJV: Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:10

AMP: “You shall sow your land six years and harvest its yield,

ASV: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

BSB: For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

DARBY: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;

DRA: Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.

KJV: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

Exodus 23:11

AMP: but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat [what the land grows naturally]; whatever they leave the animals of the field may eat. You shall do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

ASV: but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

BSB: but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

DARBY: but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie [fallow], that the poor of thy people may eat [of it]; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.

DRA: But the seventh year thou shalt let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the poor of thy people may eat, and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard.

KJV: But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Exodus 23:12

AMP: “Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

ASV: Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

BSB: For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

DARBY: Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.

DRA: Six days thou shalt work: the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy ox and thy ass may rest: and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

KJV: Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 23:13

AMP: Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; do not mention the name of other gods [either in a blessing or in a curse]; do not let such speech be heard [coming] from your mouth.

ASV: And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

BSB: Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

DARBY: And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods it shall not be heard in thy mouth.

DRA: Keep all things that I have said to you. And by the name of strange gods you shall not swear, neither shall it be heard out of your mouth.

KJV: And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Exodus 23:14

AMP: “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast [dedicated] to Me.

ASV: Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

BSB: Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

DARBY: Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.

DRA: Three times every year you shall celebrate feasts to me.

KJV: Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Exodus 23:15

AMP: You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed [but you shall bring sacrificial offerings].

ASV: The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:

BSB: You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

DARBY: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty;)

DRA: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month of new corn, when thou didst come forth out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear empty before me.

KJV: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

Exodus 23:16

AMP: Also [you shall observe] the Feast of Harvest (Weeks, Pentecost, or First Fruits), acknowledging the first fruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. And [third] the Feast of Ingathering (Booths or Tabernacles) at the end of the year when you gather in [the fruit of] your labors from the field.

ASV: and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.

BSB: You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field.And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

DARBY: and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.

DRA: And the feast of the harvest of the firstfruits of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. The feast also in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field.

KJV: And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Exodus 23:17

AMP: Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.

ASV: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.

BSB: Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

DARBY: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.

DRA: Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

KJV: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

Exodus 23:18

AMP: “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; and the fat of My feast is not to be left overnight until morning.

ASV: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

BSB: You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

DARBY: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

DRA: Thou shalt not sacrifice the blood of my victim upon leaven, neither shall the fat of my solemnity remain until the morning.

KJV: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

Exodus 23:19

AMP: “You shall bring the choice first fruits of your ground into the house of the Lord your God.“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

ASV: The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother`s milk.

BSB: Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God.You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

DARBY: The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

DRA: Thou shalt carry the firstfruits of the corn of thy ground to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

KJV: The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Exodus 23:20

AMP: “Behold, I am going to send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

ASV: Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

BSB: Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

DARBY: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.

DRA: Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared.

KJV: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

Exodus 23:21

AMP: Be on your guard before Him, listen to and obey His voice; do not be rebellious toward Him or provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgression, since My Name (authority) is in Him. [Ex 32:34; 33:14; Is 63:9]

ASV: Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.

BSB: Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

DARBY: Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.

DRA: Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned: for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and my name is in him.

KJV: Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

Exodus 23:22

AMP: But if you will indeed listen to and truly obey His voice and do everything that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

ASV: But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

BSB: But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

DARBY: But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice, and do all that I shall say, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

DRA: But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all that I speak, I will be an enemy to thy enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.

KJV: But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Exodus 23:23

AMP: When My Angel goes before you and brings you to [the land of] the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, I will reject them and completely destroy them.

ASV: For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.

BSB: For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

DARBY: For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

DRA: And my angel shall go before thee, and shall bring thee in unto the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, whom I will destroy.

KJV: For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

Exodus 23:24

AMP: You shall not bow down to worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do [anything] in accordance with their practices. You shall completely overthrow them and break down their [sacred] pillars and images [of pagan worship].

ASV: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

BSB: You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

DARBY: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.

DRA: Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues.

KJV: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Exodus 23:25

AMP: You shall serve [only] the Lord your God, and He shall bless your bread and water. I will also remove sickness from among you.

ASV: And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

BSB: So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

DARBY: And ye shall serve Jehovah your God; and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from thy midst.

DRA: And you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee.

KJV: And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Exodus 23:26

AMP: No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

ASV: There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

BSB: No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

DARBY: There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days will I fulfil.

DRA: There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days.

KJV: There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Exodus 23:27

AMP: I will send My terror ahead of you, and I will throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you [in flight].

ASV: I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

BSB: I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

DARBY: I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.

DRA: I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come: and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee.

KJV: I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Exodus 23:28

AMP: I will send hornets ahead of you which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

ASV: And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

BSB: I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

DARBY: And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

DRA: Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in.

KJV: And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

Exodus 23:29

AMP: I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.

ASV: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

BSB: I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

DARBY: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

DRA: I will not cast them out from thy face in one year: lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee.

KJV: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

Exodus 23:30

AMP: I will drive them out before you little by little, until you have increased and are strong enough to take possession of the land.

ASV: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

BSB: Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

DARBY: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.

DRA: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

KJV: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Exodus 23:31

AMP: I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines (the Mediterranean), and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will hand over the residents of the land to you, and you shall drive them out before you.

ASV: And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

BSB: And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

DARBY: And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

DRA: And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from before you.

KJV: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Exodus 23:32

AMP: You shall not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

ASV: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

BSB: You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

DARBY: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

DRA: Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods.

KJV: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 23:33

AMP: They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it is certain to be a trap for you [resulting in judgment].”

ASV: They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

BSB: They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

DARBY: They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it is sure to be a snare unto thee.

DRA: Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps thy make thee sin against me, if thou serve their god: which undoubtedly will be a scandal to thee.

KJV: They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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