Pisgah: or, the hill, Numbers 21:20; Deuteronomy 3:27 *marg. Deuteronomy 4:49, Deuteronomy 34:1 *marg.
built seven: Numbers 23:1-2, Numbers 23:29; Isaiah 1:10-11, Isaiah 46:6; Hosea 12:11
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Numbers 23:14
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