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 1   2,  1   |             the mass of significant texts arises. One may inquire
 2   2,  1   |             here about the biblical texts related to the confession
 3   2,  1   |           categories of “confession texts,” each of which embraces
 4   2,  1   | sub-categories, viz., a) confession texts of individual sins, and
 5   2,  1   |             sins, and b) confession texts of sins of the entire people (
 6   2,  1   |   distinguished:~ A first series of texts represents the entire people (
 7   2,  1   |    generations.31  Another group of texts places the confession -
 8   2,  1   |        praying.32  A third group of texts presents the people or one
 9   2   (34)|                 As in the following texts: Lv 26:40 (the exiles are
10   4,  1   |          leaves evidence of itself (texts, monuments, traditions,
11   4,  2   |          faith from questioning the texts according to its own distinctive
12   4,  2   |           subject involved in these texts, the Church. This guards