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Numbers 31:23

Numbers 31:23

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abide: Isaiah 43:2; Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 2:2-3; Matthew 3:11; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 4:12; Revelation 3:18

it shall be purified: Numbers 8:7, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:17

ye shall make: Leviticus 11:32, Leviticus 15:17; Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5-6; 1 Peter 3:21

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