trumpets: Judges 3:27; Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 25:9; Numbers 10:9; Joshua 6:4, Joshua 6:20; Isaiah 27:13; 1 Corinthians 15:52
in the valley: Judges 6:33
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Judges 7:8
Judges 7:8
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