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Mark 7:3

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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

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Galilee and the Travels of JesusPalestine tracing the travels of Jesus, including Galilee and the Sea of Galilee region.
The Holy Land in the Time of JesusThe Holy Land in the time of Jesus, showing Galilee, Samaria, Judea and the territories under Herod's rule.

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Mark 7:3 mentions Decapolis, Galilee, Jerusalem, Phoenicia, Sea of Galilee, Sidon and Tyre.

Decapolis · IGEO map
Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Jerusalem · Godot13
Phoenicia · Vyacheslav Argenberg

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