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                        Societal:        The Ten Commandments, and the
                                         Mosaic Law as a whole, both as it
                                         symbolized society (Tabernacle and
                                         sacrifice) and as it legislated for soci-
                                         ety (the ‘case laws” of Exodus and
                                         Deuteronomy).

                 Polip:                  Separation of Church and state.
                        Church:          Priests at Tabernacle, Levites at
                                         synagogues.

                        State:           Local elders, with judges at the top.
                 Symbol:                 The Tabernacle complex.
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