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Deuteronomy 9:3

Deuteronomy 9:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Understand: Deuteronomy 9:6; Matthew 15:10; Mark 7:14; Ephesians 5:17

goeth over: Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 20:4, Deuteronomy 31:3-6; Joshua 3:11, Joshua 3:14; Micah 2:13; Revelation 19:11-16

a consuming fire: Deuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 27:4, Isaiah 30:27, Isaiah 30:30, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 33:14; Nahum 1:5-6; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 12:29

he shall: Deuteronomy 7:1-2, Deuteronomy 7:16, Deuteronomy 7:23-24; Exodus 23:29-31; Isaiah 41:10-16; Romans 8:31

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