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Lexicon :: Strong's H2706 - ḥōq

Aa
חֹק
Transliteration
ḥōq
Pronunciation
khoke
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 728a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

    1. prescribed task

    2. prescribed portion

    3. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

    4. prescribed due

    5. prescribed limit, boundary

    6. enactment, decree, ordinance

      1. specific decree

      2. law in general

    7. enactments, statutes

      1. conditions

      2. enactments

      3. decrees

      4. civil enactments prescribed by God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
STRONGS H2706: Abbreviations
חֹק 127 noun masculineMicah 7:11 something prescribed, a statute or due; — ח׳ Genesis 47:22 22 times; חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 14 times; suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 3 times; חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13,14 etc. + 4 times suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 31 times; construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי [H2711 Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1] (Ges§ 93. 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 times suffixes —
1. prescribed task, assigned to Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:14 (E).
2. prescribed portion, or allowance of food Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse) (J); Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 31:15; Ezekiel 16:27; מחקי Job 23:12 (RV; < Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ol Me Di SS בְּחֵקִי in my bosom).
3. action prescribed for oneself, resolve: חִקֲקֵי לֵב Judges 5:15 resolves of mind || חִקְרֵי לֵב Judges 5:16.
4. prescribed due of the priests from offerings Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 10:13 (twice in verse); Leviticus 10:14 (twice in verse) (P); due of י׳ Leviticus 6:15 (P); עולם לח׳ Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 7:34; Leviticus 10:15; Numbers 18:8,11,19 (all P), Leviticus 24:9(H); portion of oil for the תּרומה Ezekiel 45:14.
5. prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10; Job 38:10; of heavens Psalm 148:6; of land of Israel Micah 7:11; of time Job 14:5,13; so מָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Isaiah 5:14 She'ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit.
6. enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man:
a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Genesis 47:26 (J); of passover Exodus 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah's daughter Judges 11:39; for Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25; חק ומשׁפט Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (both E), 1 Samuel 30:25; חק עולם Exodus 30:21; || עֵדוּת, מִשְׁמָּט Psalm 81:5; Psalm 81:6 (law of a festival).
b. of י׳ in nature Job 28:26.
c. respecting Messianic king Psalm 2:7; day of י׳ Zephaniah 2:2 MT, but on text see We and טֶרֶם, below; covenant with Jacob Psalm 105:10 ＝1 Chronicles 16:17; destiny of man Job 23:14.
d. law in general עלי חק according to law, right Psalm 94:20 (others against law); ומשׁפט לַמֵּד ח׳ Ezra 7:10; || בּרית and תורות Isaiah 24:5; || עדות Psalm 99:7.
7. plural חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law:
a. of י׳ in nature Jeremiah 31:36.
b. of the prophets Zechariah 1:6.
c. conditions of deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11.
d. enactments || מִשְׁמָּטִים : ancestral Ezekiel 20:18; given by God as punishment for disobedience Ezekiel 20:25.
e. decrees of unjust judges חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן Isaiah 10:1.
f. civil enactments prescribed by God: חֻקֵּי האלהים Exodus 18:16 (E; || תּוֺרֹתָיו), Exodus 18:20 (E; || id.)
g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Leviticus 10:11; Numbers 30:17 (P), Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 16:12; Psalm 119:5 20 times, Malachi 3:7; || תּוֺרַת י׳ Amos 2:4; ותורות ח׳ Psalm 105:45; והח׳ דברי הת׳ Deuteronomy 17:19; || ברית Psalm 50:16; וברית ועדות ח׳ 2 Kings 17:15; usually either || משׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1,5,8,14; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 11:32; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 26:16; 1 Kings 9:4 2 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 36:27, or else ומשׁפטים ח׳ combined with other synonym (usually preceding): e.g. דבר(ים ׅ Psalm 147:19; תורה 2 Chronicles 33:8; Malachi 3:22; מצוה Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; מצות Nehemiah 1:7; 1 Kings 8:58; מצוה, תורה 2 Chronicles 19:10; עֵדֹת Deuteronomy 4:45; Deuteronomy 6:20; sometimes following: e.g. תורות Leviticus 26:46; מצוה, תורה 2 Kings 17:37; or in different order, e.g. ותורות מ׳ ומצות ח׳ Nehemiah 9:13; וח׳ מצות ומ׳ Nehemiah 10:30; ומצות ח׳ ומ׳ Deuteronomy 26:17. Apart from משׁפטים it is combined with מצות, e.g. וח׳ מ׳ Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 27:10; ומ׳ ח׳ Deuteronomy 4:40; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:61; ותורה וח׳ מ׳ Nehemiah 9:14; ועדות וח׳ מ׳ Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31; וח׳ דברי מ׳ Ezra 7:11; it is used with verbs: נתן Leviticus 26:46 3 times; צוּה Numbers 30:17 9 times; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1 10 times; שׁמר Deuteronomy 26:17 16 times; עשׂה Deuteronomy 6:24 5 times; שׁמר לעשׂות Deuteronomy 11:32 4 times; הלך בְּ 1 Kings 8:61 3 times — [On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:22; 47:22; 47:26

Exodus

5:14; 12:24; 15:25; 15:26; 18:16; 18:16; 18:20; 29:28; 30:21; 30:21

Leviticus

6:11; 6:15; 7:34; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:14; 10:14; 10:15; 24:9; 26:46; 26:46

Numbers

18:8; 18:11; 18:19

Deuteronomy

4:1; 4:1; 4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:8; 4:14; 4:40; 4:45; 5:1; 5:28; 6:1; 6:17; 6:20; 6:24; 6:24; 7:11; 11:32; 11:32; 12:1; 16:12; 17:19; 26:16; 26:17; 26:17; 27:10

Joshua

24:25

Judges

5:15; 5:16; 11:39

1 Samuel

30:25

1 Kings

3:14; 8:58; 8:61; 8:61; 9:4

2 Kings

17:15; 17:37

1 Chronicles

16:17; 22:13; 29:19

2 Chronicles

7:17; 19:10; 33:8; 34:31; 35:25

Ezra

7:10; 7:11

Nehemiah

1:7; 9:13; 9:14; 10:30

Job

14:5; 14:5; 14:13; 23:12; 23:14; 26:10; 28:26; 38:10

Psalms

2:7; 50:16; 81:5; 81:6; 94:20; 99:7; 105:10; 105:45; 119:5; 147:19; 148:6

Proverbs

8:29; 30:8; 30:8; 31:15

Isaiah

5:14; 10:1; 24:5

Jeremiah

5:22; 31:36; 32:11

Ezekiel

11:12; 16:27; 20:18; 20:18; 20:25; 36:27; 45:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

7:11; 7:11

Zephaniah

2:2

Zechariah

1:6

Malachi

3:7

H2706

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Strong's Number H2706 matches the Hebrew חֹק (ḥōq),
which occurs 128 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 47:22–1Ki 8:61)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26 - Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:24 - And you are to keep this as an order to you and to your sons for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:28 - And it will be their part as a right for ever from the children of Israel, it is a special offering from the children of Israel, made from their peace-offerings, a special offering lifted up to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - Their hands and feet are to be washed. so that they may be safe from death: this is an order to them for ever; to him and his seed from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - Every male among the children of Aaron may have it for food; it is their right for ever through all your generations, from the offerings made by fire to the Lord: anyone touching them will be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:22 - And the same offering is to be given by that one of his sons who takes his place as priest; by an order for ever, all of it is to be burned before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - For the breast which is waved and the right leg which is lifted up on high I have taken from the children of Israel, from their peace-offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their right for ever from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:11 - Teaching the children of Israel all the laws which the Lord has given them by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - It is to be for your food in a holy place, because it is your right and your sons' right, from the offerings of the Lord made by fire: for so am I ordered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - And the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are given to you as your right and your sons' right, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15 - Let them take the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, with the fat of the burned offering, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; and this will be for you and for your sons with you, for a right for ever, as the Lord has given orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - And it will be for Aaron and his sons; they are to take it for food in a holy place: it is the most holy of all the offerings made by fire to the Lord, a rule for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:46 - These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 - And the Lord said to Aaron, See, I have given into your care my lifted offerings; even all the holy things of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons as your right for ever, because you have been marked with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:11 - And this is yours: the lifted offering which they give and all the wave offerings of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as your right for ever: everyone in your house who is clean may have them for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 - These are the laws which the Lord gave Moses in relation to a man and his wife, or a father and a young daughter who is under his authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:1 - And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:5 - I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14 - And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45 - These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:1 - And Moses sent for all Israel, and said to them, Give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I give you today, and give attention to them so that you may keep and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:32 - And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1 - These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:12 - And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 - Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

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