and search: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 5:17; Job 29:16; Proverbs 25:2
rolls: Chal, books, Psalms 40:7; Jeremiah 36:2-4, Jeremiah 36:20-23, Jeremiah 36:29, Jeremiah 36:32; Ezekiel 2:9, Ezekiel 3:1; Revelation 5:1
laid up: Chal, made to descend
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Ezra 6:1
Ezra 6:1
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