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Numbers 23:9

Numbers 23:9

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the people: They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3,300 years, to the present day.

dwell alone: Exodus 19:5-6, Exodus 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:28; Esther 3:8; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9

shall not: Deuteronomy 32:8; Ezra 9:2; Jeremiah 46:28; Amos 9:9; Romans 15:8-10; Ephesians 2:12-14

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