for yours: Heb. instead of you to die, 1 Kings 20:39
when the Lord: Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:25; Genesis 24:49; Numbers 10:29-32; Judges 1:24-25; 1 Samuel 20:8; 2 Samuel 9:1; Proverbs 18:24; Matthew 5:7
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Joshua 2:14
Joshua 2:14
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