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Joshua 24:19

Joshua 24:19

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Ye cannot: Joshua 24:23; Ruth 1:15; Matthew 6:24; Luke 14:25-33

holy: Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 19:2; 1 Samuel 6:20; Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9; Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 6:3-5, Isaiah 30:11, Isaiah 30:15; Habakkuk 1:13

a jealous: Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:14; 1 Corinthians 10:20-22

he will not: Exodus 23:21, Exodus 34:7; 1 Samuel 3:14; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Isaiah 27:11

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