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Asphaltum

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Asphaltum is the bituminous cement scripture calls bitumen — a flammable pitch drawn from the Valley of Siddim and used as mortar at Babel, as sealant in Noah's ark, and as waterproofing for the basket that carried the infant Moses.

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