Gilead: Hosea 12:11; Joshua 21:38
polluted with blood: or, cunning for blood, Hosea 5:1; 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; Psalms 10:8, Psalms 59:2; Isaiah 59:6; Jeremiah 11:19; Micah 7:2; Matthew 26:15-16; Acts 23:12-15, Acts 25:3
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Hosea 6:8
Hosea 6:8
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