Nevertheless. אֶפֶס כִּי. "Only that." Septuagint, ἀλλ ἢ ὅτι. The people be strong. Moses himself had directed their attention to this point, and now they dwell on it to the exclusion of everything else.
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Numbers 13:28
Numbers 13:28
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