{"query": "Easton: Birth", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c380d5c3c362", "title": "Easton: Birth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with bandages (Job 38:9; Luke 2:7, 12). 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