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40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not [a]anoint yourselves with the oil, because your olives will drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours [for long], because they will go into captivity.(A) 42 The cricket will take possession of all your trees and the produce of your ground.(B)

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:40 Olive oil was commonly used like a cosmetic to soften the skin, and as a hair dressing.

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