| Cast, home changes for new audio Bible |
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| Written by Eric Tiansay | |
| Thursday, 16 December 2010 03:07 PM America/New_York | |
 A third major dramatized audio Bible just released features a change of characters in front of the microphone and also behind the scenes. |
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