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Numbers 11:15

Numbers 11:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, or "quite." Hebrew, תָרֹג, inf. abs. And let me not see my wretchedness. Let me not live to see the total failure of my hopes and efforts.

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