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Then the Jews, because it was athe day of preparation, so that bthe bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a chigh day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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Exodus 12:16
Exodus 12
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'aOn the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.