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 # Connecting Statement:
 
-Moses continues to describe what the people are to do if the hypothetical situation he began describing in [Numbers 5:12](../05/12.md) ever happens.
+Moses continues to describe what the people are to do if the situation he began describing in [Numbers 5:12](../05/12.md) ever happens.
 
 # he must wash away the written curses