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Lexicon :: Strong's H2205 - zāqēn

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זָקֵן
Transliteration
zāqēn
Pronunciation
zaw-kane'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 574b

Strong’s Definitions

זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; from H2204; old:—aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x

The KJV translates Strong's H2205 in the following manner: elders (115x), old (23x), old man (19x), ancient (14x), aged (3x), eldest (1x), ancient man (1x), senators (1x), old women (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x
The KJV translates Strong's H2205 in the following manner: elders (115x), old (23x), old man (19x), ancient (14x), aged (3x), eldest (1x), ancient man (1x), senators (1x), old women (1x).

  1. old

    1. old (of humans)

    2. elder (of those having authority)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; from H2204; old:—aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
STRONGS H2205: Abbreviations
זָקֵן adjective old, absolute ז׳ Genesis 19:4 + 30 times (on distinction from verb see above); construct זְקַן Genesis 24:2; plural זְקֵנִים Genesis 18:11 + 44 times; זְקֵנוֺת Zechariah 8:4; construct זִקְנֵי Genesis 50:7 + 85 times; suffix זְקֵנַי Lamentations 1:19, זְקֵנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 21:2; Deuteronomy 32:7, זְקֵנָיו Joshua 8:33 + 3 times, זְקֵנֶיהָ Judges 8:14, זְקֵנֵינוּ Exodus 10:9; Joshua 9:11, זִקְנֵיכֶם Deuteronomy 5:20 + 2 times; —
1. old, of human beings, as adjective predicate Genesis 18:11 (J), Job 32:4 (מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים ז׳, in comparison), or attributive אָב זָקֵן Genesis 44:20 (J), אִישׁ ז׳ Judges 19:16, 17, 20, 22, נָבִיא ז׳ 1 Kings 13:11, 25, 29, מֶלֶךְ ז׳ Ecclesiastes 4:13; probably also וּשְׂבַע ימים ז׳ Genesis 35:29 (P), Job 42:17 and Genesis 25:8 (P) according to Greek Version of the LXX Sam Di; compare also Ezra 3:12.
2. usually as substantive: a. old man (or woman), b. elder;
a. old man Genesis 43:27 (J), Leviticus 19:32 (H), Deuteronomy 28:50; Deuteronomy 32:7 (|| אָב), 1 Samuel 2:31, 32; 1 Samuel 28:14; Isaiah 47:6; Job 12:20; Job 32:9; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 20:29; Psalm 119:100; Joel 1:2; old men and old women Zechariah 8:4 (twice in verse); compare זְקַן בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 24:2 (J), זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֺ 2 Samuel 12:17; especially opposed to נַעַר Exodus 10:9 (E), Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 148:12, and in phrase מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן Genesis 19:4 (J), Joshua 6:21 (JE), Esther 3:13; opposed to ילדים 1 Kings 12:6, 8, 13 2 Chronicles 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; opposed to בַּחוּרִים Jeremiah 31:13; Ezekiel 9:6; Joel 3:1, compare 2 Chronicles 36:17 (+ יָשֵׁשׁ) and Jeremiah 6:11 (+ מְלֵא ימים); opposed to עוּל ימים Isaiah 65:20; opposed to יונקי שׁדים and עוללים Joel 2:16.
b. usually plural elders, as having authority, term techn. (100 times +); elders of a people, especially Israel Exodus 3:16, 18; Exodus 12:21 (all J), Exodus 17:5, 6; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:1, 9, 14; Joshua 24:1 (all E), Numbers 11:16 (twice in verse) (שֹׁטְרָיו), Numbers 11:24; Numbers 11:25; Numbers 11:30; Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10; Joshua 9:11 (all J E), Deuteronomy 5:20 (|| רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 29:9 (|| ראשׁי שׁבטיכם, שֹׁטְרֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 31:9, 28; Joshua 8:33 (|| שֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו), Joshua 23:2 (|| רָאשׁיו, שֹׁפְטָיו, שֹׁטְרָיו); compare also probably Joshua 24:31 = Judges 2:7 (all D); Leviticus 9:1, compare זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה Leviticus 4:15)both P), Judges 21:16; see also 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Samuel 17:4, 15; 1 Kings 8:1, 3 2 Chronicles 5:2, 4, also 1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 21:16; compare Isaiah 3:2 (גִּבּוֺר וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה שׁוֺפֵט וְנָבִיא וְקֹסֵם וְז׳), Isaiah 9:14 (|| נְשׂוּאפָֿנִים, but see probably gloss, compare Ew Che Di Du and others); elders of one tribe (Judah) 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 19:12, so of Gilead Judges 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; after the division of the kingdoms, of Northern Israel זקני הארץ 1 Kings 20:7 compare 1 Kings 20:8, also 2 Kings 6:32 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:1 (|| שָׂרִים etc.) compare 2 Kings 10:5; under Josiah זקני יְהוּדָה 2 Kings 23:1 2 Chronicles 34:29; see also הארץ ז׳ Jeremiah 26:17, compare זקני ארץ Proverbs 31:23, compare Lamentations 1:19; Lamentations 2:10; Lamentations 4:16; Lamentations 5:12, 14 (|| שׂרים; + שַׁעַר); often in Ezek.: Ezekiel 7:26 (|| כהן), of Judah Ezekiel 8:1, of Israel Ezekiel 8:11, 12; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1, 3, also Ezekiel 9:6 (but strike out Co). Exilic הַגּוֺלָה ז׳ Jeremiah 29:1 (|| הכהנים, הנביאים); post-exile Ezra 10:8 (|| שׂרים), possibly also Joel 1:14; elders of י׳ Isaiah 24:23 (compare Exodus 24:1, 9), זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 2 Kings 19:2 = Isaiah 37:2, so Jeremiah 19:1 (|| זקני העם); of other peoples, Midian Numbers 22:4, 7, Moab Numbers 22:7 (all E), Egypt Psalm 105:22 (|| שׂרים); of Gebal Ezekiel 27:9; elders of a city, especially as sitting in the gate to judge Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2 (+ שֹׁפְטֶיךָ) Deuteronomy 21:3; Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:6; Deuteronomy 21:19 (+ שַׁעַרמְֿקֹמוֺ), Deuteronomy 21:20; Deuteronomy 22:15 (+ הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה), Deuteronomy 22:16; Deuteronomy 22:17; Deuteronomy 22:18; Deuteronomy 25:7 (+ הַשַּׁ֫עֲרָה), Deuteronomy 25:8; Deuteronomy 25:9 (all in Deuteronomic code, and only so therein), Ruth 4:2, 4, 9, 11 (compare שַׁעַר Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:11), מוֺשַׁב זְקֵנִים Psalm 107:32 (|| קְהַלעָֿ֑ם); Judges 8:14 (|| שׂרים), Judges 8:16; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 21:8, 11; Ezra 10:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:11; 18:11; 19:4; 19:4; 24:2; 24:2; 25:8; 35:29; 43:27; 44:20; 50:7

Exodus

3:16; 3:18; 10:9; 10:9; 12:21; 17:5; 17:6; 18:12; 19:7; 24:1; 24:1; 24:9; 24:9; 24:14

Leviticus

4:15; 9:1; 19:32

Numbers

11:16; 11:24; 11:25; 11:30; 16:25; 22:4; 22:7; 22:7

Deuteronomy

5:20; 5:20; 19:12; 21:2; 21:2; 21:3; 21:4; 21:6; 21:19; 21:20; 22:15; 22:16; 22:17; 22:18; 25:7; 25:8; 25:9; 27:1; 28:50; 29:9; 31:9; 31:28; 32:7; 32:7

Joshua

6:21; 7:6; 8:10; 8:33; 8:33; 9:11; 9:11; 23:2; 24:1; 24:31

Judges

2:7; 8:14; 8:14; 8:16; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 19:16; 19:17; 19:20; 19:22; 21:16

Ruth

4:1; 4:2; 4:4; 4:9; 4:11; 4:11

1 Samuel

2:31; 2:32; 4:3; 8:4; 11:3; 15:30; 16:4; 28:14; 30:26

2 Samuel

3:17; 5:3; 12:17; 17:4; 17:15; 19:12

1 Kings

8:1; 8:3; 12:6; 12:8; 12:13; 13:11; 13:25; 13:29; 20:7; 20:8; 21:8; 21:11

2 Kings

6:32; 10:1; 10:5; 19:2; 23:1

1 Chronicles

11:3; 15:25; 21:16

2 Chronicles

5:2; 5:4; 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; 34:29; 36:17

Ezra

3:12; 10:8; 10:14

Esther

3:13

Job

12:20; 32:4; 32:9; 42:17

Psalms

105:22; 107:32; 119:100; 148:12

Proverbs

17:6; 20:29; 31:23

Ecclesiastes

4:13

Isaiah

3:2; 3:5; 9:14; 20:4; 24:23; 37:2; 47:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

6:11; 19:1; 26:17; 29:1; 31:13; 51:22

Lamentations

1:19; 1:19; 2:10; 2:21; 4:16; 5:12; 5:14

Ezekiel

7:26; 8:1; 8:11; 8:12; 9:6; 9:6; 14:1; 20:1; 20:3; 27:9

Joel

1:2; 1:14; 2:16; 3:1

Zechariah

8:4; 8:4

H2205

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Strong's Number H2205 matches the Hebrew זָקֵן (zāqēn),
which occurs 178 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 18:11–Deu 31:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - And he asked them, How are ye? and he said to them, Is your father, the old man of whom ye spoke, well? Does he yet live?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharao went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - Go then and gather the elders of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God of our fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, saying, I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have happened to you in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice, and thou and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us; we will go then a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29 - And Moses and Aaron went and gathered the elders of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21 - And Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your kindreds, and slay the passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and thou shalt go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - Behold, I stand there before thou come, on the rock in Choreb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:7 - And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:9 - And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - And to the elders they said, Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Or are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall slay the calf before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:1 - And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - And Moses went out, and spoke the words of the Lord to the people; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and he set them round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - And Moses departed into the camp, himself and the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:25 - And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiron, and all the elders of Israel went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - And Moab said to the elders of Madiam, Now shall this assembly lick up all that are round about us, as a calf would lick up the green herbs of the field:—and Balac son of Sepphor was king of Moab at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Madiam, and their divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the fire, for the mountain burned with fire, that ye came to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not [fn]borne a yoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall [fn]slay the heifer in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveller and a drunkard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16 - And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:17 - and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother [fn]has refused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1 - And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation bold in countenance, which shall not [fn]respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - (LXX 29:9) Ye all stand to-day before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

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