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Joshua 3:9

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¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.
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  1. Deuteronomy 4:1Rank 1 from verse 9
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    1NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

  2. Deuteronomy 12:8Rank 2 from verse 9
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    8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

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Joshua 3:9

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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hither

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To or toward this place or direction; in “hither and thither,” this way and that.

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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8And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

9¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.

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10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

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