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Deuteronomy 2:19<\/a> says, \u201cWhen you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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And yet I have found online, in direct disobedience to this command, photos of ammonites which have been taken possession of, together with the land they were in:<\/p>\n

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This Biblical fossil pun was inspired by comments made by Pete Enns and Mark Traphagen on Facebook. <\/p>\n

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