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Joshua 2:12

Joshua 2:12

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

swear: Joshua 9:15, Joshua 9:18-20; 1 Samuel 20:14-15, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 30:15; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 12:16

that ye will: 1 Samuel 20:14-17, 1 Samuel 24:21-22; Esther 8:6; 2 Timothy 1:16-18; James 2:13

my father's: Joshua 2:13; Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:9; Romans 1:31; 1 Timothy 5:8

give me: Joshua 2:18; Exodus 12:13; Ezekiel 9:4-6; Mark 14:44

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