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Judges 6:31

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Will ye plead: The words are very emphatic: "Will ye plead in earnest (tereevoon:) for Baal? Will ye really save (tosheeoon:) him? If he be God (Elohim:,) let him contend for himself, seeing his altar is thrown down." Exodus 23:2; Numbers 14:6; Ephesians 5:11

let him be: Deuteronomy 13:5-18, Deuteronomy 17:2-7; 1 Kings 18:40

if he be: 1 Kings 18:27, 1 Kings 18:29; Psalms 115:4-7; Isaiah 41:23, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:7; Jeremiah 10:5, Jeremiah 10:11; 1 Corinthians 8:4

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