as truly: Deuteronomy 32:40; Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 22:24; Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 18:3, Ezekiel 33:11, Ezekiel 33:27; Zephaniah 2:9
all the: Psalms 72:19; Habakkuk 2:14; Matthew 6:10
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Numbers 14:21
Numbers 14:21
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