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Numbers 23:23

Numbers 23:23

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no enchantment: Numbers 22:6, Numbers 24:1; Genesis 3:15; Matthew 12:25, Matthew 12:27, Matthew 16:18; Luke 10:18-19; Romans 16:20; Revelation 12:9

against: or, in

according: Psalms 44:1-3, Psalms 136:13-20; Isaiah 63:9-12; Daniel 9:15; Micah 6:4-5, Micah 7:15

What hath: Psalms 31:19, Psalms 64:9, Psalms 126:2-3; Isaiah 41:4; John 11:47; Acts 4:16, Acts 5:12, Acts 5:14; Acts 10:38, Acts 15:12; Galatians 1:23-24; 1 Thessalonians 1:8-9

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