we make: Nehemiah 10:29; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 15:12-13, 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 34:31; Ezra 10:3
seal unto it: Heb. are at the sealing, or sealed, Nehemiah 10:1
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Nehemiah 9:38
Nehemiah 9:38
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