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Judges 9:8-9

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8One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king.’ 9“But the olive tree answered, ‘Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?’

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