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Numbers 8:17

Numbers 8:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

all the: Numbers 3:13; Exodus 13:2, Exodus 13:12-15; Luke 2:23

on the day: Exodus 12:29; Psalms 78:51, Psalms 105:36, Psalms 135:8; Hebrews 11:28

I sanctified: Exodus 13:14-15, Exodus 29:44; Leviticus 27:14-15, Leviticus 27:26; Ezekiel 20:12; John 10:36, John 17:19; Hebrews 10:29; James 1:18

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