presumptuously: Numbers 15:30-31; Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 17:12-13, Deuteronomy 18:22, Deuteronomy 19:11-13; 1 Kings 2:29-34; Psalms 19:13; Hebrews 10:26; 2 Peter 2:10
take him: 1 Kings 1:50-51, 1 Kings 2:28-34; 2 Kings 11:15
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Exodus 21:14
Exodus 21:14
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