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Deuteronomy 9:9

Deuteronomy 9:9

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

I was: Exodus 24:12, Exodus 24:15, Exodus 24:18

the tables: Deuteronomy 9:15; Exodus 31:18, Exodus 34:28; Jeremiah 31:31-32; Galatians 4:24

then I: Exodus 24:18, Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8; Matthew 4:2

I neither: Deuteronomy 9:18; 1 Kings 13:8-9; 2 Kings 6:22

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