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Mark 7:4

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They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

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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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Places in this passage

Mark 7:4 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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