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Lexicon :: Strong's H7650 - šāḇaʿ

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שָׁבַע
Transliteration
šāḇaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-bah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2319

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁבַע shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'; a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):—adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x

The KJV translates Strong's H7650 in the following manner: sware (167x), charge (8x), oath (7x), adjure (3x), straitly (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x
The KJV translates Strong's H7650 in the following manner: sware (167x), charge (8x), oath (7x), adjure (3x), straitly (2x).

  1. to swear, adjure

    1. (Qal) sworn (participle)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to swear, take an oath

      2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)

      3. to curse

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to take an oath

      2. to adjure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁבַע shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'; a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):—adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
STRONGS H7650: Abbreviations
[שָׁבַע] 186 verb swear (probably, so to say, seven oneself, or bind oneself by seven things, compare Thes (as alternative), Gerb108ff; Late Hebrew Niph.= Biblical Hebrew; Targum שְׁבַע Ithpe., Aph`el; see also DrGenesis 21:28 KöHast. DB NUMBER, 565 RSSemitic i. 166, 2nd ed., 182 WeReste Arabic Heid. 2, 186); —
Qal (according to Thes Rob Ges) Passive participle שְׁבֻעֵי שְׁבֻעוֺת Ezekiel 21:28 those sworn with (= who have sworn) oaths; both from שְׁבוּעָה, according to Krae, oaths of oaths (the most sacred); Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co omitted; both from שָׁבוּעַ, Ew Sm שָׁ׳ שׁ׳ weeks on weeks (plenty of time).
Niph. Perfect, 3rd person masculine singularנִשְׁבַּע Genesis 24:7, + etc.;Imperfect 3rd person masculine singularיִשָּׁבַע Leviticus 5:24 +, וַיִּשָּׁ֫בַע Genesis 24:9 +; 2nd person masculine singular תִּשֶּׁבֵ֑עַ Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; 1st person singular אִשָּׁב֑עַ Genesis 21:24, וָאֶשָּׁ֫בַע 1 Kings 2:8; Ezekiel 16:8, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשָּֽׁבְעָה Genesis 21:23 +, etc.; Infinitive abs הִשָּׁבֵע Numbers 30:3, הִשָּׁבֵעַ Jeremiah 7:9; construct הִשָּׁבֵעַ Jeremiah 12:16 (twice in verse) + 1 Samuel 20:17 see infra; Participle נִשְׁבָּע Zechariah 5:3 +, etc.; — swear, take an oath:
1. subj man :
a. in asseveration, absolute Genesis 21:24, 31 (E), Judges 21:1, 18; 2 Samuel 21:2 +; also followed byוַיּאֹמֶר 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 1:29, followed by לֵאמֹר 2 Samuel 3:35; Joshua 14:9 (D); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Numbers 30:3 (P; || נָדַר); + לַשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Leviticus 5:24 (P; + עַל of thing), Malachi 3:5 + עלשֿׁ׳ Leviticus 5:22 (P); + לְמִרְמָה Psalm 24:4; followed by infinitive Leviticus 5:4 (P), Psalm 15:4; Psalm 119:106; + ל person take an oath to, Joshua 6:22 (JE), Joshua 9:20 (P; accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Genesis 24:9 (+ עַלהַֿדָּבָר הַזֶּה +, so also 1 Samuel 20:17 (read לְהִשָּׁבֵעַ אֶלֿ for לְהַשְׁבְּיעַ אֶתֿ, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Th We Dr and others); oath allegiance (לי׳) Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 45:23; Zephaniah 1:5; 2 Chronicles 5:14, compare (absolute) 2 Chronicles 5:15 (Joshua 23:7 see Hiph.); also sq וַיּאֹמֶר 2 Kings 25:24, followed by לֵאמֹר 2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 1:13; Jeremiah 40:9; followed by פֶּן = that not Judges 15:12, followed by אִם = id. 1 Kings 1:51; + אֶל person followed by לֵאמֹר Jeremiah 38:16; + בי׳ by י׳, followed by infinitive Judges 21:7; + בְּשֵׁם י׳ 1 Samuel 20:42; Isaiah 48:1, compare Genesis 31:53 (E), Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; Jeremiah 12:16 (+ חַייֿ׳), Isaiah 65:16; Zechariah 5:4 (לַשָּׁ֑קֶר), Leviticus 19:12 (id.), Psalm 63:12; Daniel 12:7; בי׳ followed by אִם 2 Samuel 19:8; + ל person with בי׳ Joshua 9:18, 19 (P; pledge faith), followed byלֵאמֹר 1 Samuel 28:10; 1 Kings 11:30; 1 Kings 2:8, 23, followed by כִּי of object clause Joshua 2:12 (JE), 1 Kings 1:17; + ל person with בא׳, followed by אִם Genesis 21:23 (E), 1 Samuel 30:15; as verb of quotation + object חַייֿ׳ Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 4:2; 1 Samuel 19:6 (+ אִם), + אִם in oratio recta [direct speech] Psalm 132:2 (|| נָדַר); also כְּלֹא אֱלֹהִים Jeremiah 5:7, בַּבָּ֑עַל Jeremiah 12:16, בְּמַלְכָּם Zephaniah 1:3, compare Amos 8:14 (+ וְאָמַר).
b. imprecate, curse, בִּי by me Psalms; Psalm 102:9 (compare שְׁבוּעָה 1 b קְלָלָה).
2. subject י׳ : swear, with בִּי by myself Genesis 22:16 (JE), Jeremiah 22:5 (clause כִּי), Jeremiah 49:13 (id.), Isaiah 45:23 (id.), with בְּקָדְשׁוֺ Amos 4:2 (id.), compare Psalm 89:36 (|| אִם אֲכַזֵּב), compare also Amos 6:8; Amos 8:17; Jeremiah 44:26; Jeremiah 51:14; Isaiah 62:8; swear, followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 4:21; Joshua 21:41 (van d. H. Baer; Joshua 21:43 Gi), followed by מִן infinitive= not to Isaiah 54:9 (twice in verse) followed by אִם Psalm 90:10, followed by לֵאמֹר Deuteronomy 1:34; Isaiah 14:24; Numbers 32:10(P); followed by oratio recta [direct speech] Psalm 110:4; with ל person take an oath to, Genesis 24:7(J), Exodus 13:11 (J), Deuteronomy 2:14 + 7 times Deuteronomy (accusative of congnate meaning with verb Deuteronomy 7:8; verb Deuteronomy 9:5), Ezekiel 16:8 (|| בּוֺא בִבְרִית, Psalm 89:4 (|| כָּרַת בְּרִית), Psalm 89:50 (בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶ֑ךָ), +; ל person + infinitive (usually to give land Exodus 13:5 (J), Deuteronomy 1:8 + 9 times Deuteronomy; Joshua 1:6; Joshua 5:6 (twice in verse) (all RD), Jeremiah 11:5 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Jeremiah 32:22; ל person + accusative of thing (usually land) = promise by oath to Genesis 50:24; Exodus 33:1; Numbers 11:12 (all J), Numbers 14:16, 23 (JE), Numbers 32:11 (P), Judges 2:1; Micah 7:20; Deuteronomy 6:18+ 8 times Deuteronomy (object covenant Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 8:18); ל person omitted Deuteronomy 31:21.
† Hiph. Perf. 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁבִּיעַ Exodus 13:19 +, 1st person singular הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי Songs 2:7 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּשְׁבַּע Genesis 50:25 +, suffix וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִי Genesis 24:37, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁבֵּעַ Exodus 13:19; 1 Samuel 14:28; construct הַשְׁבִּיעַ 1 Samuel 14:27 (1 Samuel 20:17 see Niph.); Participle suffix מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָ 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chronicles 18:15; —
1. cause to take an oath, subject always man: with accusative of person Genesis 50:6 (J), + 1 Samuel 14:27; 1 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 11:4, + accusative of cognate meaning Joshua 2:17, 20 (J), לֵאמֹר Genesis 24:37; Genesis 50:5 (both J), Genesis 50:25 (E), Joshua 6:26 (J; accusative of person omitted), so (Infinitive absolute + Perfect) Exodus 13:19 (JE), 1 Samuel 14:28, + וְאָמַר Numbers 5:19 and (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Numbers 5:21 (both P), + infinitive clause Nehemiah 5:12; Ezra 10:5; + בי׳ by י׳ Genesis 24:3 (J; clause אֲשֶׁר), 1 Kings 2:42 (|| וָאָעִד בְּךָ, + לֵאמֹר, compare Joshua 23:7 (RD; but read perhaps Niph. תִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ Gr and others; Greek Version of the LXX strike out), Nehemiah 13:25 (clause אִם, oratio recta), 2 Chronicles 36:13.
2. adjure, with accusative of person 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chronicles 18:15 (both + clause אֲשֶׁר); elsewhere only Canticles: Songs 5:9, with clause מַהֿ interrogative Songs 5:8, with clause אִם that not Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5 (both + ב of oath), = clause מַהֿ Songs 8:4 (see מָה 2 a (b)). — 1 Samuel 20:17 see Niph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:23; 21:23; 21:24; 21:24; 21:28; 21:31; 22:16; 24:3; 24:7; 24:7; 24:9; 24:9; 24:37; 24:37; 31:53; 50:5; 50:6; 50:24; 50:25; 50:25

Exodus

13:5; 13:11; 13:19; 13:19; 13:19; 33:1

Leviticus

5:4; 19:12

Numbers

5:19; 5:21; 11:12; 14:16; 14:23; 30:3; 30:3; 32:10; 32:11

Deuteronomy

1:8; 1:34; 1:35; 2:14; 4:21; 4:31; 6:13; 6:13; 6:18; 7:8; 8:18; 9:5; 10:20; 10:20; 31:21

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:17; 2:20; 5:6; 6:22; 6:26; 9:18; 9:19; 9:20; 14:9; 21:41; 21:43; 23:7; 23:7

Judges

2:1; 15:12; 21:1; 21:7; 21:18

1 Samuel

14:27; 14:27; 14:28; 14:28; 19:6; 20:3; 20:17; 20:17; 20:17; 20:17; 20:42; 28:10; 30:15

2 Samuel

3:35; 19:8; 21:2; 21:17

1 Kings

1:13; 1:17; 1:29; 1:51; 2:8; 2:8; 2:23; 2:42; 11:30; 18:10; 22:16; 22:16

2 Kings

11:4; 25:24

2 Chronicles

5:14; 18:15; 18:15; 36:13

Ezra

10:5

Nehemiah

5:12; 13:25

Psalms

15:4; 24:4; 89:4; 89:36; 89:50; 90:10; 102:9; 110:4; 119:106; 132:2

Song of Songs

2:7; 2:7; 3:5; 5:8; 5:9; 8:4

Isaiah

14:24; 19:18; 45:23; 45:23; 48:1; 54:9; 62:8; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:2; 5:2; 5:7; 7:9; 7:9; 11:5; 12:16; 12:16; 12:16; 22:5; 32:22; 38:16; 40:9; 44:26; 49:13; 51:14

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 21:28

Daniel

12:7

Hosea

4:15

Amos

4:2; 6:8; 8:14

Micah

7:20

Zephaniah

1:3; 1:5

Zechariah

5:3; 5:4

Malachi

3:5

H7650

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Strong's Number H7650 matches the Hebrew שָׁבַע (šāḇaʿ),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:8 - ‘See, I have given over the land before you; go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and to their seed after them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:34 -

“Then Yahweh heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and swore H7650 an oath, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 - ‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore H7650 to give your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - “Now the [fn]time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the [fn]brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war came to an end from within the camp, as Yahweh had sworn H7650 to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:21

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“Now Yahweh was angry with me on your account and swore H7650 that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - “For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore H7650 to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 -

“Then it will be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which He swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and good cities which you did not build,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:13 - “Yahweh your God you shall [fn]fear; and Him you shall serve; and by His name you shall swear H7650.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - “And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore H7650 to give your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:23 - But He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn H7650 to our fathers.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because Yahweh loved you and kept the oath which He swore H7650 to your fathers, Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12 -

“Then it will be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you [fn]His covenant and [fn]His lovingkindness which He swore H7650 to your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, [fn]in the land which He swore H7650 to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 -

“The entire commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to give to your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - “But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore H7650 to your fathers, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - “It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to confirm the [fn]oath which Yahweh swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:11 - “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Arise, go on your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore H7650 to their fathers to give them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - “Yahweh your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall cling, and by His name you shall swear H7650.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - so that you may prolong your days on the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:21 - so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to your fathers to give them, as [fn]long as the heavens remain above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “Now nothing from that which is devoted to destruction shall cling to your hand, in order that Yahweh may turn from His burning anger and grant compassion to you and show compassion to you and make you multiply, just as He has sworn H7650 to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:8

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“Now if Yahweh your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn H7650 to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He [fn]promised to give to your fathers—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:3 - “And you shall go to the priest who is in office in those days and say to him, ‘I declare this day to Yahweh [fn]my God that I have entered the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to our fathers to give us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the ground which You have given to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore H7650 to our fathers.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:9 - “Yahweh will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore H7650 to you, if you keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and walk in His ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And Yahweh will make you abound in prosperity, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your beast and in the [fn]produce of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:13 - in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - by loving Yahweh your God, by listening to His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for [fn]this is your life and the length of your days, [fn]that you may live in the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 -

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn H7650 to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore H7650 to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them and spurn Me and break My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it will be, when many evils and troubles have found them, that this song will answer them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of their seed); for I know their intent which they are [fn]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore H7650.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23 -

Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore H7650 to them, and I will be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:4 - Then Yahweh said to him, “This is the land which I swore H7650 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your seed’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
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