which sat in darkness: Psalms 107:10-14; Isaiah 42:6-7, Isaiah 60:1-3; Micah 7:8; Luke 1:78-79, Luke 2:32
shadow: Job 3:5, Job 10:22, Job 34:22; Psalms 44:19; Jeremiah 13:16; Amos 5:8
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Matthew 4:16
Matthew 4:16
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