Quadrupeds; or, Outlines of a popular history of the class Mammalia |
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Page 108 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send Aim away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Quadrupeds; or, Outlines of a popular history of the class Mammalia |
| Authors | Natural history, Quadrupeds |
| Published | 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2006 |
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