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Joshua 6:18

Joshua 6:18

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

in any wise: Romans 12:9; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians 5:11; James 1:27; 1 John 5:21

lest ye make: Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:11-12, Joshua 7:15; Deuteronomy 7:26, Deuteronomy 13:17

make the camp: Joshua 7:11-12, Joshua 22:18-20; 1 Samuel 14:28-42; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Jonah 1:12

and trouble it: Joshua 7:25; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Kings 18:17-18

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