{"id":22788,"date":"2025-09-29T06:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=22788"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:37:57","slug":"nathans-commentary-on-parashat-haazinu-deuteronomy-321-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2025\/09\/29\/nathans-commentary-on-parashat-haazinu-deuteronomy-321-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan&#8217;s Commentary on Parashat Ha\u2019Azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1\u201352)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.52.37-PM-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.52.37-PM-4.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.52.37-PM-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.52.37-PM-4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.52.37-PM-4-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#f18407\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#a3000a\" class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An<\/strong> <strong>Overview of Deuteronomy 32<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-black-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Poetic Song of Moses: A Prophetic History of the Rise, Fall and Redemption of YHVH\u2019s People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:1\u20134, The supremacy and perfection of YHVH and his Torah. <\/strong>The Torah, like rain, produces life. The great and perfect YHVH Elohim is the rock upon which Torah is founded, and he is the source of Truth, righteousness and justice. For this reason man should to ascribe greatness to and worship YHVH.<\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:5\u20136, By contrast to Elohim, man is totally sinful and corrupt. <\/strong>Alhough Elohim made man in his image, in his sinful and corrupt state, man cut himself off spiritually from his Creator. Man may still be the physical children of Elohim, but in his cut off state, is YHVH still the spiritual Father of such a fallen, perverse, crooked, foolish and unwise people?<\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:7\u201314, A history lesson\u2014learn the lessons of history from your ancestors, or else you will repeat their mistakes.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:15\u201318, Israel\u2019s apostasy was a result of their blessings and wealth. Like the Laodicean church of Revelation chapter three, their prosperity and comfort led to them for YHVH Elohim.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:19\u201322, YHVH is provoked to anger when his people\u2019s sins.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:23\u201327, Divine judgment\u2014like a loving father, YHVH will disciplines his wayward children hoping they will come to their senses and repent of their sins.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:28\u201335, YHVH grieves over his wayward children\u2014chastisement is inevitable.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:36\u201338, YHVH\u2019s judgments for his people are judgments unto repentance, not judgments unto death.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:39\u201342, YHVH pleads with his people to return to him, then lists the consequences of sin.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Deuteronomy 32:43, YHVH promises to redeem his people and provide atonement for their sins.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rain-AdobeStock_69748651.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22811\" width=\"406\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rain-AdobeStock_69748651.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rain-AdobeStock_69748651-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rain-AdobeStock_69748651-768x550.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rain-AdobeStock_69748651-419x300.jpeg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:1\u20132, <em>Words of my mouth\u2026rain.<\/em><\/strong> Note the phrases: \u201cwords of my mouth,\u201d \u201cmy doctrine,\u201d \u201crain,\u201d \u201cmy speech shall distill as the dew,\u201d \u201csmall rain\u201d and \u201cshowers.\u201d Now compare these phrases with Ephesians 5:26. What is Scripture talking about here? Israel spent 40 years in a dry wilderness. By contrast, the Promised Land was a land flowing with milk and honey, was agriculturally fruitful and well-watered. Immediately before and after the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai (Exod 20), there are several references to human thirst and YHVH needing to provide water for his people (Exod 15:22\u201327; 17:1\u20137 Num\u202f20:2\u201313). During the Messianic Age (or the Millennium), living waters will flow from Jerusalem (Zech 14:8), and those who refuse to come up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles (<em>Sukkot<\/em>) will receive no rain on their land (Zech 14:16\u201319). As you relate all these scriptures together, what is the bigger lesson YHVH is trying to teach us here pertaining to water and the word of YHVH? Basically, as we cannot survive without physical water, neither can we survive without the water of his Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:2, <em>Teachings droop as rain. <\/em><\/strong>Like the dew, the Torah is a gift from heaven and waters the ground of men\u2019s hearts to help bring forth a bountiful harvest of righteousness. (See also Eph 5:26; Isa 55:1\u201311 cp. Mic 5:7.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:6, <em>Do you thus repay <\/em>or <em>you are unmindful.<\/em><\/strong> The Hebrew letter <em>hey <\/em>at the beginning of this verse in the phrase \u201cdo you thus repay\u201d is written larger and is separated from the surrounding words by a space making it the only one-letter word in the entire Tanakh. The Jewish sages tell us that this is part of Moses\u2019 concealed signature in the Torah text\u2014a Hebrew poetic device by which authors weave their signatures in the texts they have written in the form of an acrostic (<em>Tikkun<\/em>, p. 488).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy<\/strong> <strong>32:8, <em>Children of Israel.<\/em><\/strong> The Septuagint (LXX) has \u201cangels of God\u201d, the ESV has \u201csons of God\u201d, and the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (DSS) has \u201cchildren of God\u201d. The LXX and ESV references could be a reference to the fallen angel, demon-nephilim or the sons of Elohim reference found in Genesis 6:2 who along with their descendants founded kingdoms and empires that were opposed to Elohim. This alternate rendering possibly makes more sense, since Israel was not yet a nation when the Almighty assigned the nations to the heathens and the demon-gods or elohim that he placed over them and that they worshipped in place of the true YHVH Elohim. Or alternatively, perhaps YHVH arranged the heathen in their countries around the future land of Israel, and those heathen living therein were merely squatters illegally inhabiting the Promised Land before the children of Israel were a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrapesWine-AdobeStock_25280380.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22815\" width=\"210\" height=\"332\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy<\/strong> <strong>32:14, <em>Blood of the grapes.<\/em><\/strong> What is the Torah referring to in this interesting, rather arcane phrase? Compare this with a parallel passage found in Genesis 49:11, which is clearly Messianic in nature. Now add into the mix Leviticus 17:11; Revelation 1:5; 7:14; Matthew 26:27\u201328; Romans 3:25; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; John 15:1\u20135 and finally John 6:53\u201356. In the last scripture listed, is Yeshua advocating some bizarre cultic rite involving cannibalism, or is he relating back to these Torah passages that are messianic in nature and then relating them to his redemptive work at the cross, which believers commemorate when they take communion at Passover? I think so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:15,<\/strong> <strong><em>Yeshurun. <\/em><\/strong>The name <em>Yeshurun<\/em> is a poetic appellation for Israel and means \u201cupright, straight or just.\u201d YHVH ascribed this august title to Israel indicating that Israel was not to deviate from the high spiritual standards demanded by YHVH (<em>The ArtScroll Stone Edition Chumash<\/em>, p. 1103). This is a prophecy about what would happen to Israel once they were in the Promised Land. Sadly, eventually they would forsake the one who had redeemed and blessed them. Compare this with Yeshua\u2019s admonition to the Laodicean believers in Revelation 3:14\u201321 (especially note verse 17), which is a description of the contemporary American and Western Christian church, much of which preaches an \u201ceasy-believism,\u201d health and wealth, pop-psychology, \u201ccome to Jesus and everything will be all right\u201d humanistic gospel message. Just because you may now be inclined to a more Torah-oriented lifestyle or part of a congregation that uplifts YHVH\u2019s Torah to one degree or another does not mean that you have shed off this kind of thinking and its accompanying lifestyle. These warnings still apply to all of us. Selah (ponder and reflect).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:18, <em>You are unmindful.<\/em><\/strong> Abraham\u2019s steadfastness in surviving ten tests of his faith eventually saved his descendants, who tested Elohim on ten different occasions in the wilderness. This is alluded to by the specially small <em>yud<\/em> (which in the Hebrew alphabet signifies the number 10) in the phrase <em>teshyr tzor y\u2019ladkha, the Rock Who gave birth to you, have forsaken <\/em>(<em>The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet<\/em>, by Michael Munk p. 129).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:21, <em>I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.<\/em><\/strong> The term <em>not a people<\/em> is the Hebrew phrase <em>lo-am.<\/em>Curiously this same phrase occurs in two other places in the Tanakh (Isa\u202f7:8;Hos 1:9) in reference to the Northern Kingdom or house of Israel (or Ephraim) and is repeated by Peter in reference to the \u201cGentiles\u201d or \u201cpeoples of the nations\u201d (which is the meaning of the Greek word <em>ethnos <\/em>translated as <em>gentiles<\/em>; 1\u2009Pet 1:1; 2:9\u201310). Moreover, in Romans 9:25 Paul equates the \u201cGentiles\u201d with the same people-group to which Hosea makes reference in Hosea 2:23. To whom is Hosea referring in his prophecy? (Read Hos 1:4,6; 4:15\u201317, chapter 5; 6:10\u201311; 7:1\u201311; chapter 8; etc.). Remember that the nation of Israel split into two groups at the time of Jeroboam and Rehoboam: the Northern Kingdom comprised of the ten northern tribes of Israel and was colloquially known in Scripture as <em>Ephraim<\/em>, <em>house of Israel<\/em> and <em>Samaria,<\/em> while the Southern Kingdom was known as <em>Judah<\/em>, <em>the house of Judah <\/em>and <em>Jerusalem<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where are these Ephraimites of the house of Israel today? The answer can be found in Genesis 48:14 and 16 where the patriarch Jacob is prophesying over the two sons of Joseph: Ephraim and Manasseh. There we find some clues that point us to a religious people-group in existence today. When praying over his grandsons whose descendents would make up the largest number of people of the house of Israel or Northern Kingdom, Jacob with his arms he makes an interesting sign. He crosses his arms forming a cross? Then in verse 16, Jacob recounts his experiences with the <em>Angel <\/em>or literally <em>Heavenly Messenger<\/em> who \u201credeemed me from evil.\u201d This is a reference to Genesis 31:1\u201311 where, while fleeing from Laban, Jacob\u2019s adversary, he had a dream where the <em>Messenger of Elohim <\/em>calls himself the <em>El of Bethel <\/em>(or the El\/God of the House of El\/God). Who else is the Messenger of Elohim who is also a Redeemer but Yeshua the Messiah? (See Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; Heb 9:12.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, Jacob prophesies that his grandsons\u2019 descendants would <em>grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. <\/em>The word <em>grow <\/em>is the Hebrew word <em>dagah\/<\/em>VDSfrom which the Hebrew word <em>dag\/<\/em>DSor <em>fish <\/em>derives. This is why the <em>ArtScroll Stone Edition Tanach <\/em>translates this phrase as \u201cmay they proliferate abundantly like fish within the land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question is then begged, what religious people-group on earth today can be associated with a cross, a Redeemer and a fish? Knowing this will give us a clue as to whom Paul and the other writers in the Testimony of Yeshua (NT) were referring when they equated the \u201cGentiles\u201d with \u201ca foolish nation\u201d and \u201cnot a\/my people.\u201d Only the Christians fit the prophetic descriptions listed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/teufel-1576226892SNf-652389096.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22814\" width=\"399\" height=\"268\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:22, <\/strong><strong><em>The lowest sheol. <\/em><\/strong>The Scriptures in numerous places mentions <em>sheol<\/em> (a Hebrew word meaning \u201cthe grave\u201d), but in several instances the Bible refers to <em>the lowest sheol<\/em> (e.g., Ps 86:13; Isa 14:15, NKJV). What is the difference between the grave and the lowest grave? It appears that <em>sheol<\/em> or the grave is where the bodies of mortal men go to await their resurrection either to immortality or to eternal death in the lake of fire (Rev 20:15). The lowest <em>sheol<\/em> appears to be the place where the devil and evil spirits (that rebelled at Lucifer\u2019s fall and or prior to Noah\u2019s flood) are confined awaiting the white throne judgment and their ultimate fate in the lake of fire. If this interpretation is correct, this may explain the enigmatic \u201cspirits in prison\u201d passage of 1 Peter 3:19. This would also be the pit or abyss into which Satan is cast and confined for 1000 years at Yeshua\u2019s second coming (Rev 20:3). This may be what Isaiah 14:14\u201315 is referring to when it describes the fall of Lucifer and prophesies his being brought down into the lowest <em>sheol<\/em>, the pit or abyss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lowest <em>sheol<\/em> or lowest level of the grave is likely the same place that YHVH cast the angels that rebelled in the time of Noah where they are confined in chains of darkness awaiting their judgment at the end of the Millennium. This is probably the same \u201cprison\u201d or pit (Gr. <em>tartaroo, <\/em>pronounced tar-tar-ah-ohw, see notes at 2 Pet 2:4)that Satan will be cast into at the beginning of the Millennium and then briefly released from at the end of it to go forth and to deceive the nations (Rev 20:7\u20138). After that, Satan (presumably along with his demons) will be cast into the lake of fire where they will be tormented for eternity (Rev 20:10).The lake of fire is a different place than the pit, <em>sheol<\/em> or <em>tartaroo<\/em>, which is a temporary place of restraint or prison where YHVH places rebellious angelic beings to await their final judgment, which is the lake of fire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:26, <\/strong><strong><em>I will scatter them into the corners. <\/em><\/strong>How was this prophecy fulfilled by Israel? Who in Israel was scattered and forgotten? Certainly not the Jews. They were scattered, but not forgotten. Verses 28\u201329 say of these people that they are void of counsel and understanding and lacked wisdom. These are all terms relating to the Torah. Who today has forgotten the Torah and says it is \u201cdone away with\u201d? What religious group says that it brings death not life (in contradistinction to verse 47)? Who has inherited (theological) lies from their spiritual fathers (Jer 16:19, read verses 14\u201321 for context), and who say that \u201cthe law has been done away\u201d? Malachi the prophet tells us that in the last days that YHVH will rise up people in the spirit of Elijah who will go forth and turn the scattered and backslid children\u2019s heart back to their spiritual fathers. This involve returning to the Torah of Moses (Mal 4:4\u20136). It is interesting to note that <em>The<\/em> <em>ArtScroll Stone Edition Chumash <\/em>in its rabbinical Jewish commentary states that this verse \u201crefers to the exile of the Ten Tribes who were scattered to an unknown place where they were never heard from again\u201d (p. 1105).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to note that the ten northern tribes of Israel or Ephraim, as Scripture often shortened their name to, were scattered over the face of the whole earth after they were taken into captivity by the Assyrians (Ezek 34:6,12; 36:19; 37:21; John 11:52). In regards to Deuteronomy 32:26 which says, \u201cI said, I would scatter them into the corners\u2026,\u201d the Orthodox Jewish <em>The ArtScroll Stone Edition Tanach Chumash <\/em>comments, \u201cThis refers to the exile of the Ten Tribes who were scattered to an unknown place where they have never been heard from again.\u201d On the phrase of the same verse, \u201cI would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men\u2026\u201d the same <em>Chumash<\/em> states, \u201cThis is a reference to the exile of Judah and Benjamin, the Davidic kingdom from which today\u2019s known Jews are descended.\u201d It goes on to say that though nations would seek to destroy Israel entirely YHVH would never allow Israel to become extinct or disappear. Israel\u2019s perpetual existence is a constant reminder of YHVH\u2019s plan and eventually Israel will thrive and fulfill YHVH\u2019s intention for it (pp. 1105\u20131106). Samson Raphael Hirsch in his commentary on the Pentateuch on the same verse translates the phrase, \u201cI would scatter them into the corners\u2026\u201d as, \u201cI would relegate them into a corner\u201d and then says that the Hebrew here refers to the \u201cextreme end of a surface, the side or corner\u2026\u201d He, too, relates this fate to the ten tribes who would be scattered \u201cto some distant corner of the world, where, left entirely to themselves, they could mature towards serious reflection and ultimate return to Me\u2026\u201d (p. 650).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:43,<\/strong> <strong><em>Let all the angels of Elohim. (LXX)<\/em><\/strong> The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (DSS) and Septuagint (LXX) vary greatly from the Masoretic Text (MT) on how this verse reads:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rejoice, O heavens, together with him; and bow down to him all you gods, for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and will render vengeance to his enemies, and will recompense those who hate him, and will atone fro the land of his people. (DSS)<\/p><p>Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice ye Gentiles with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him, and the Lord shall purge the land of his people. (LXX)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, the phrase in Hebrew 1:6, \u201cLet all the angels of God worship him\u201d (NKJV) is a direct quote from the LXX (or the more ancient Hebrew manuscript from which the LXX derives), and not the MT, which is a later version of the Tanakh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Yeshua-on-cross-3.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22820\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><strong><em>Will be merciful <\/em>or<em> will provide atonement.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> The key Hebrew root word in this phrase is kaphar meaning \u201cto cover, purge, make atonement.\u201d Yom Kippur and the kapporeth, which is erroneously translated as \u201cmercy seat\u201d in many English Bibles derive from kaphar. These Hebrew words are expressive and descriptive ways of showing the mechanics of YHVH\u2019s mercy on sinful man. He literally covers their sins ultimately in the blood of Yeshua as the payment for the death penalty each person incurs because of his or her sins. Thus, this verse is a forward-looking prophecy pointing to Yeshua\u2019s death on the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 32:47,<\/strong> <strong><em>It is your life.<\/em><\/strong> YHVH\u2019s Torah-words or commandments (i.e., YHVH\u2019s instructions in righteousness) are life for those who follow them. Do you really believe this? If so, are you living out YHVH\u2019s Torah instructions to your best capability, or are you just playing religious games by not taking his Word seriously? If you really were convicted that YHVH\u2019s Torah \u201cis your life,\u201d what changes would you make in your life to conform your life actions to these words? What things would you stop doing or start doing? How much more would you seek Yeshua, the Living Torah in <strong><em>daily<\/em><\/strong> prayer and the study of his Word? How much more would you contribute to YHVH by supporting his work on earth through your time, talent and treasure? How committed to him are you now compared to where he would have you to be? The answer to these questions and your action-based response thereto will determine your eternal fate vis-\u00e0-vis your relationship with your Creator, and eventually your eternal fate. The Song of Moses is a warning for those who stray from YHVH\u2019s path of truth and righteousness as outlined in his Torah as well as the rest of the Bible. 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