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18 (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong,[a] he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. 19 This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 ‘For it is written in the book of Psalms,

“Let his homestead become desolate,
    and let there be no one to live in it”;

and

“Let another take his position of overseer.”

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  1. Acts 1:18 Or swelling up

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