couched: Genesis 49:9; Job 38:39-40
who shall: Numbers 23:24; Job 41:10; Psalms 2:12
Blessed: Genesis 12:3, Genesis 27:29; Psalms 122:6; Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45; Acts 9:5
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Numbers 24:9
Numbers 24:9
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