I will advertise: Numbers 24:17, Numbers 31:7-18; Micah 6:5; Revelation 2:10, Revelation 2:14
the latter: Genesis 49:1; Isaiah 24:22; Jeremiah 48:47, Jeremiah 49:39; Daniel 2:28, Daniel 10:14; Hosea 3:5; Acts 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:1
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Numbers 24:14
Numbers 24:14
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