Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God mad…

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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.192, 谷月社
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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.192, 谷月社

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