this: Matthew 27:3-10
with: Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:17; Joshua 7:21-26; 2 Kings 5:20-27; Job 20:12-15; Matthew 25:15; 2 Peter 2:15-16
and falling: Psalms 55:15, Psalms 55:23; Matthew 27:5
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Acts 1:18
Acts 1:18
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