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# all the livestock and all the beasts of the field
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"all domestic animals and all wild animals"
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# It is on your stomach that you will go
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"You will move along the ground on your stomach." The words "it is upon your stomach" comes first to emphasize the contrast between the way other animals would move along using their legs and the way the serpent would slither along on its stomach.
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# it is dust that you will eat
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"you will eat dust." The words "it is dust" comes first to emphasize the contrast between the plants above the ground that other animals would eat and the dirty food on the ground that the serpent would eat.
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