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BY THE CRUSADERS IN THE 



ENTRANCE TO THE MOSQUE OE HEBRON, IU'11.1 



TWELETH CENTURY 



This ancient edifice, sacred alike to Jew, Gentile, and Mohammedan^ is suppo 

 over the Cave 



burial place. Besides the pati 

 are believed to have been buried here. 



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it edifice, sacred alike to Jew, Gentile, and Mohammedan is supposea ro raw 

 of Machpelah, purchased from Ephron the Hittite by Abraham as a family 



besides the patriarch and his wife Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah 



