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18 (Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity. And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle and all his organs spilled out. 19 It became known to all the residents of Jerusalem. So this field is called in their dialect Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

20 “For it is written in the Book of Psalms,

‘Let his habitation become desolate,
    and let no one live in it,’[a]

and,

‘Let another take his office.’[b]

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