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1091:(RNJB)
997:(TNIV)
880:(HCSB)
842:(NIrV)
830:(KJ21)
794:(NRSV)
765:(NKJV)
758:Bethel
741:Living
719:(NASB)
688:Anchor
629:Quaker
549:Geneva
370:
347:
275:
107:is an
33:Spines
1546:Bible
1544:This
1511:Books
1499:Bible
1155:Alter
1138:(FBV)
1132:(MSB)
1126:(BSB)
1120:(TLV)
1109:(LSB)
1097:(EHV)
1085:(TPT)
1079:(CSB)
1073:(LEV)
1067:(MEV)
1020:(CEB)
1003:(NET)
991:(ESV)
980:(WEB)
886:(ERV)
874:(ISV)
858:(NLT)
836:(TMB)
824:(NLV)
818:(TCW)
812:(MSG)
806:(CEV)
800:(REB)
788:(CCB)
777:(GLT)
771:(NJB)
754:(NCV)
748:(NIV)
737:(NAB)
725:(GNB)
713:(BLE)
707:(NEB)
701:(MLB)
695:(NWT)
684:(RSV)
678:(BBE)
652:(ASV)
614:Darby
599:(YLT)
567:(KJV)
561:(DRV)
458:Bible
81:Pages
1550:stub
974:(SH)
731:(JB)
671:Knox
605:(RV)
399:2018
368:ISSN
345:ISSN
326:2018
297:2018
273:ISSN
254:2018
234:2018
203:2019
177:2019
90:ISBN
84:3500
64:2018
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