utterly: Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25-26; Exodus 23:24, Exodus 34:12-17; Numbers 33:51-52; Judges 2:2
possess: or, inherit, Numbers 22:41; 2 Kings 16:4, 2 Kings 17:10-11, 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 20:28-29; Hosea 4:13
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Deuteronomy 12:2
Deuteronomy 12:2
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