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Joshua 7:24

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

took Achan: Joshua 7:1; Job 20:15; Proverbs 15:27; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ezekiel 22:13-14; 1 Timothy 6:9-10

his sons: Joshua 6:18, Joshua 6:21; Genesis 18:25; Exodus 20:5; Numbers 16:27-31; Job 20:23-28

the valley: Joshua 7:26, Joshua 15:7; Isaiah 65:10; Hosea 2:15

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