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Lexicon :: Strong's H1755 - dôr

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דּוֹר
Transliteration
dôr
Pronunciation
dore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 418b

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. period, generation, habitation, dwelling

    1. period, age, generation (period of time)

    2. generation (those living during a period)

    3. generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)

    4. dwelling-place, habitation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
STRONGS H1755: Abbreviations
† I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) H1859 דָּר, RxD, age, generation; Arabic دَوْرً gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Genesis 7:1 + 68 times; דֹּר Exodus 3:15; + 36 times; construct דּוֺר Deuteronomy 32:20 + 7 times, דֹּר Exodus 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי Isaiah 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5 + 2 times, דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isaiah 41:4; construct Judges 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת construct Isaiah 51:9, דֹּרֹת Genesis 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Joshua 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Genesis 17:12 + 27 times, דֹּרֹתָם Genesis 17:7 + 10 times; —
1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Isaiah 51:9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 90:1 (compare Psalm 90:2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Isaiah 58:12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Exodus 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Proverbs 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Exodus 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Isaiah 34:10; לְדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 10:6; Psalm 33:11 (|| לעולם) Psalm 49:12; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 102:13; Psalm 119:90; Psalm 135:13; Psalm 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Psalm 89:2 (|| עולם) Psalm 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Psalm 106:31 (|| id.) Isaiah 34:17 (|| id.); Psalm 77:9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Psalm 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isaiah 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jeremiah 50:39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jeremiah 45:18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Esther 9:28; שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Psalm 61:7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 60:15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5; יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Isaiah 51:8 (|| לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 102:25; בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Psalm 145:13; לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Lamentations 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Genesis 7:1 (J) Exodus 1:6 (P) Numbers 32:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 2:14; Judges 2:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jeremiah 2:31; also Psalm 95:10; Job 8:8; Isaiah 41:4.
b. Judges 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9 (i.e. his own Generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future Generation Genesis 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4; Deuteronomy 23:9; also Deuteronomy 29:21; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 78:6; Psalm 102:19; Psalm 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Psalm 145:4; בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Esther 9:28; usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם Genesis 9:12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Psalm 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1 Chronicles 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deuteronomy 7:9; see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Genesis 17:7, 9, 12; Exodus 12:14, 17, 42; Exodus 16:32, 33; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 30:8, 10, 21, 31; Exodus 31:13, 16; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9 (all P); Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 22:3; Leviticus 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; Leviticus 24:3; Leviticus 25:30 (all H); Numbers 9:10; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:14, 15, 21, 23, 38; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 35:29; Joshua 22:27, 28 (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked Generation Deuteronomy 32:5 (song) compare Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 78:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Proverbs 30:11, 12, 13, 14 compare Psalm 12:8; of the righteous, as a class Psalm 14:5; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 73:15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Psalm 112:2 (compare Psalm 22:31 MT, but < Che joins לדור to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Psalm 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation Isaiah 38:12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Psalm 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:9; 6:9; 7:1; 7:1; 9:12; 9:12; 15:16; 17:7; 17:7; 17:9; 17:12; 17:12

Exodus

1:6; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 12:14; 12:17; 12:42; 16:32; 16:33; 17:16; 27:21; 29:42; 30:8; 30:10; 30:21; 30:31; 31:13; 31:16; 40:15

Leviticus

3:17; 6:11; 7:36; 10:9; 17:7; 21:17; 22:3; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 23:43; 24:3; 25:30; 25:30

Numbers

9:10; 10:8; 15:14; 15:15; 15:21; 15:23; 15:38; 18:23; 32:13; 35:29

Deuteronomy

1:35; 2:14; 7:9; 23:3; 23:4; 23:9; 29:21; 32:5; 32:5; 32:7; 32:20; 32:20

Joshua

22:27; 22:27; 22:28; 22:28

Judges

2:10; 3:2; 3:2

1 Chronicles

16:15

Esther

9:28; 9:28

Job

8:8; 42:16; 42:16

Psalms

10:6; 12:8; 14:5; 22:31; 22:31; 24:6; 33:11; 48:14; 49:12; 49:20; 49:20; 61:7; 71:18; 72:5; 72:5; 73:15; 77:9; 78:4; 78:6; 78:8; 79:13; 85:6; 89:2; 89:5; 90:1; 90:2; 95:10; 100:5; 102:13; 102:19; 102:25; 105:8; 106:31; 109:13; 112:2; 119:90; 135:13; 145:4; 145:13; 146:10

Proverbs

27:24; 30:11; 30:12; 30:13; 30:14

Ecclesiastes

1:4

Isaiah

13:20; 34:10; 34:17; 38:12; 38:12; 41:4; 41:4; 51:8; 51:9; 51:9; 53:8; 53:8; 58:12; 60:15; 61:4

Jeremiah

2:31; 7:29; 50:39

Lamentations

5:19

Joel

1:3; 2:2

H1755

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Strong's Number H1755 matches the Hebrew דּוֹר (dôr),
which occurs 168 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:9 - These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:1 - And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:12 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:7 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:9 - And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:6 - And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:15 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:14 - And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:33 - And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:42 - It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:16 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as his portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion for ever throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as ye do, so he shall do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:23 - even all that Jehovah hath commanded you by Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:38 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - And Jehovah’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 - Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.

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