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Judges 17:10

Judges 17:10

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

a father: Judges 17:11, Judges 18:19; Genesis 45:8; 2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 8:8-9, 2 Kings 13:14; Job 29:16; Isaiah 22:21

I will give: Judges 18:20; 1 Samuel 2:36; Ezekiel 13:19; Matthew 26:15; John 12:6; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Peter 5:2

a suit of apparel: or, a double suit, etc. Heb. an order of garments

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