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Rephaite
, a 15th-century manuscript painting from Iran or Iraq, depicting the Rephaite Og. In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite (from Repha'im, ; ; ), refers to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11, or departed spirits in the afterlife, Sheol as written in the following scriptures: Isaiah 26:14; Psalms 88:11, and Proverbs 9:18.
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, a 15th-century manuscript painting from Iran or Iraq, depicting the Rephaite Og. In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite (from Repha'im, ; ; ), refers to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11, or departed spirits in the afterlife, Sheol as written in the following scriptures: Isaiah 26:14; Psalms 88:11, and Proverbs 9:18.
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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