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Deuteronomy 17:8

Deuteronomy 17:8

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arise: Deuteronomy 1:17; Exodus 18:26; 1 Kings 3:16-28; 2 Chronicles 19:8-10; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:7

between blood: Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 19:10-11; Exodus 21:12-14, Exodus 21:20, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 22:2; Numbers 35:11, Numbers 35:16, Numbers 35:19-34

get thee up: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 19:17; Psalms 122:4-5

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