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  > having made the mistake of using a public API (that later went offline) for examples in a book of mine

Literally a tale as old as time. The Old Testament references a command from God, that is not contained in the Old Testament itself.

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Do you have an example for this? Just curious

Not sure which specific example they're referring to, but another example is that, according to tradition, the prophet Isaiah was martyred by placing him inside a hollow tree that was then sawn down. This appears to be referenced by the Apostle Paul in Hebrews 11:37 even though there is no description of Isaiah's death in the Old Testament:

"They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;"

That explains Mel Brooks' 5 missing commandments. Where's the undef ref?

Not literally a tale as old as time. Time existed for billions of years before humans.

A tale as old as tales, then.

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