Cursed thing; a thing devoted ( הֵרֶם), either, as in this case, to destruction (comp. also 1 Kings 20:42; Zechariah 14:11; Malachi 3:1-18:24; [Malachi 4:6]) or, as elsewhere, to God (Le Deuteronomy 27:21; Numbers 18:14).
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Deuteronomy 7:26
Deuteronomy 7:26
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