as it is: Joshua 8:34-35, Joshua 1:8; 2 Kings 14:6, 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Chronicles 25:4, 2 Chronicles 35:12; Ezra 6:18; Nehemiah 13:1; Matthew 12:26
and they offered: Exodus 18:12, Exodus 24:5; Deuteronomy 27:6-7
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Joshua 8:31
Joshua 8:31
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