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Lexicon :: Strong's H3201 - yāḵōl

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יָכֹל
Transliteration
yāḵōl
Pronunciation
yaw-kole'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 866

Strong’s Definitions

יָכֹל yâkôl, yaw-kole'; or (fuller) יָכוֹל yâkôwl; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might):—be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 195x

The KJV translates Strong's H3201 in the following manner: could (46x), able (43x), cannot (34x), prevail (22x), may (16x), can (12x), canst (5x), endure (2x), might (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 195x
The KJV translates Strong's H3201 in the following manner: could (46x), able (43x), cannot (34x), prevail (22x), may (16x), can (12x), canst (5x), endure (2x), might (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

  1. to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach

      2. to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor

      3. to have ability, have strength

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָכֹל yâkôl, yaw-kole'; or (fuller) יָכוֹל yâkôwl; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might):—be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
STRONGS H3201: Abbreviations
יָכֹל, יָכוֺל 193 verb be able, have power prevail, endure (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְכִיל; Assyrian akâlu, Hpt in KAT2 Gloss i,) —
Qal Perfect יָכֹל Genesis 32:26 + 8 times; יָכוֺל 1 Samuel 4:15 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular יָֽֽֽכְלָה Genesis 36:7; Exodus 2:3; 2nd person masculine singular וְיָכָלְתָּ֫ Exodus 18:23; 1st person singular יָכֹלְתִּי Genesis 30:8 + 2 times; suffix יְכָלְתִּיו Psalm 13:5; 3rd person plural יָכְ֑לוּ Genesis 13:6 + 27 times + Joshua 15:63 Qr; יָכֹ֑לוּ Exodus 8:14 + 2 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּכָל Genesis 13:16 + 34 times; יוּכָ֑ל Job 4:2 + 4 times; וַיֻּכָ֑ל Hosea 12:5; 3rd person feminine singular תּוּכַל Amos 7:10 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular תּוּכַל Genesis 15:5 + 16 times; 1st person singular אוּכַל Genesis 19:19 + 30 times, etc. (on these Imperfect forms as irregular Qal, see Ges§ 2, R. 3 Köi. 407 WSG 237; others.
Hoph.); Infinitive construct יְכֹ֫לֶת Numbers 14:16; Deuteronomy 9:28; Infinitive absolute יָכוֺל Numbers 13:20; 2 Chronicles 32:13; יָכֹל Numbers 22:38; 1 Samuel 26:25; P + 8 times (not Leviticus), Ezekiel + 3 times; often J E D Jeremiah, Isaiah 2, not seldom in Samuel Kings Chronicles; —
1. be able, to do a thing, whether ability be physical, moral, constitutional, or dependent on external authority; usually of man Genesis 13:16 (J) +, but also of gods 2 Chronicles 32:13, 15, and of י׳ Numbers 14:16 (JE), Deuteronomy 9:28; Jeremiah 44:22; occasionally of inanimate things Amos 7:10; Genesis 36:7 (P), Songs 8:7; Ecclesiastes 1:15 (twice in verse), etc.:
a. usually followed by infinitive with לְ (122 times), Genesis 31:35 I am not able to rise up; Genesis 45:1 Joseph was not able to restrain himself, Genesis 45:3; Genesis 48:10; Exodus 7:21, 24 were not able to drink, Exodus 12:39; Joshua 24:19 (all E); Genesis 13:16 if a man can number the dust, Genesis 19:19, 22; Genesis 43:32; Genesis 44:22, 26 (twice in verse); Exodus 10:5; Exodus 19:23 (all J), Genesis 15:5; Exodus 15:23; Numbers 11:14 (all J E) + 10 times J E; Deuteronomy 7:17 + 10 times D; Genesis 13:6 they could not dwell together, Genesis 34:14; Genesis 36:7; Exodus 9:11; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:6; Joshua 9:19 (all P); 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 6:20; 1 Kings 9:21 (on || 2 Chronicles 8:8 and text of Judges 1:19 see BuRS 8), Amos 7:10; Hosea 5:13; Zephaniah 1:18; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 13:23; Jeremiah 18:6; Jeremiah 19:11 +.
† b. followed by infinitive without לְ (27 times; not P): Genesis 37:4; Exodus 2:3; Exodus 18:18, 23 (all E), Genesis 24:50; Genesis 44:1 (J), Numbers 22:37, 38 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:9; Deuteronomy 7:22; Deuteronomy 14:24; Deuteronomy 22:29; Judges 8:3; Jeremiah 49:10, 23; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 46:2; Isaiah 47:11, 12; Isaiah 57:20; Lamentations 1:14; Psalm 18:39; Psalm 36:13; Psalm 78:20; Proverbs 30:21; Job 4:2; Job 33:5.
† c. with infinitive implicit, always negative, Genesis 29:8 go and feed them; and they said, We are not able, cannot (J), Exodus 8:14 (P), Isaiah 29:11; Jeremiah 20:9; Psalm 21:12; Jonah 1:13.
d. with negative = may not (of moral inability): Genesis 43:32 (J) the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; Judges 21:18 we may not give them wives; especially D, Deuteronomy 7:22; Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 14:24; Deuteronomy 16:5; Deuteronomy 17:15; Deuteronomy 22:3; Deuteronomy 28:27, 35.
e. be able, followed by imperfect: אוּלַי אוּכַל נַכֶּה Numbers 22:6 (JE) perchance I am able (so that) we smite (see Di; read perhaps נוּכַל for אוּכַל Ges§ 120, 1 b); לֹא יוּכְלוּ יִגְּעוּ Lamentations 4:14 they are unable, they touch = are unable to touch (Dr§ 163, Obs.)
† f. be able, followed by perfect consecutive, only very late, אוּכַל וְרָאִיתִי Esther 8:6 (twice in verse), literally how shall I be able and see? — Also in various combinations where English idiom would make it an auxiliary to another verb:
† g. able to gain, accomplish: followed by accusative לֹא יוּכְלוּ נִקָּיוֺן Hosea 8:5 how long will they be unable (to gain) innocence? יָדַעְתִּ֯ כִּיכֹֿל תּוּכָ֑ל Job 42:2 I know that thou art able (to do) all things; אֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ יוּכַל אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר Jeremiah 38:5 the king is not (one who is) able (to do) anything with (אֶתְכם for אִתְּכֶם see Gf, i.e. against) you.
† h. able to endure: לֹא אוּכַל אָוֶן וַעֲצָרָה Isaiah 1:13 I cannot endure iniquity and (with) a solemn assembly, Psalm 101:5.
† i. able to reach, followed by לְ, Psalm 139:6 it is high, לֹא אוּכַל לָהּ I cannot (reach) to it.
† 2. prevail:
a. absolute prevail, overcome, be victor Genesis 30:8 (E), Genesis 32:29 (J), Hosea 12:5; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Kings 22:22 2 Chronicles 18:21; Jeremiah 20:7, 11; of waves Jeremiah 5:22; succeed Isaiah 16:12; Jeremiah 3:5 (VB hast had they way).
b. followed by לְ person, prevail against, over Genesis 32:26 (J), Numbers 13:30 (JE), Judges 16:5; 1 Samuel 17:9; Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 38:22; Obadiah 7; Psalm 129:2; Esther 6:13.
c. once with suffix, יְכָלְתִּיו Psalm 13:5 I have prevailed over him, + Zechariah 9:15 (where read וְיָֽֽֽכְלוּם for וְאָֽכְלוּ with Greek Version of the LXX Targum KloTh LZ 1879. 564 StaZAW 1881, 18).
† 3. absolute have ability, strength, only negative מִשְּׂאֵתוֺ לֹא אוּכָ֑ל Job 31:23 because of his loftiness I have no ability, am inadequate (to anything).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3202.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:6; 13:6; 13:16; 13:16; 13:16; 15:5; 15:5; 19:19; 19:19; 19:22; 24:50; 29:8; 30:8; 30:8; 31:35; 32:26; 32:26; 32:29; 34:14; 36:7; 36:7; 36:7; 37:4; 43:32; 43:32; 44:1; 44:22; 44:26; 45:1; 45:3; 48:10

Exodus

2:3; 2:3; 7:21; 7:24; 8:14; 8:14; 9:11; 10:5; 12:39; 15:23; 18:18; 18:23; 18:23; 19:23; 40:35

Numbers

9:6; 11:14; 13:20; 13:30; 14:16; 14:16; 22:6; 22:37; 22:38; 22:38

Deuteronomy

1:9; 7:17; 7:22; 7:22; 9:28; 9:28; 12:17; 14:24; 14:24; 16:5; 17:15; 22:3; 22:29; 28:27; 28:35

Joshua

9:19; 15:63; 24:19

Judges

1:19; 8:3; 16:5; 21:18

1 Samuel

3:2; 4:15; 6:20; 17:9; 26:25; 26:25

1 Kings

9:21; 22:22

2 Chronicles

8:8; 18:21; 32:13; 32:13; 32:15

Esther

6:13; 8:6

Job

4:2; 4:2; 31:23; 33:5; 42:2

Psalms

13:5; 13:5; 18:39; 21:12; 78:20; 101:5; 129:2; 139:6

Proverbs

30:21

Ecclesiastes

1:15

Song of Songs

8:7

Isaiah

1:13; 16:12; 29:11; 46:2; 47:11; 47:12; 57:20

Jeremiah

1:19; 3:5; 5:22; 6:10; 11:11; 13:23; 15:20; 18:6; 19:11; 20:7; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11; 38:5; 38:22; 44:22; 49:10; 49:23

Lamentations

1:14; 4:14

Hosea

5:13; 8:5; 12:5; 12:5

Amos

7:10; 7:10; 7:10

Obadiah

1:7

Jonah

1:13

Habakkuk

1:13

Zephaniah

1:18

Zechariah

9:15

H3201

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Strong's Number H3201 matches the Hebrew יָכֹל (yāḵōl),
which occurs 194 times in 182 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 13:6–Deu 12:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:6 - Now the land was not able to support them [that is, sustain all their grazing and water needs] while they lived near one another, for their possessions were too great for them to stay together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:16 - “I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And the LORD brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - “Please listen, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness (mercy) to me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, because the disaster will overtake me and I will be killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything [to punish Sodom] until you arrive there.” For this reason the town was named Zoar (few, small).

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Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The matter has come from the LORD; so we dare not speak bad or good [to you about it—we cannot interfere].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said, “We cannot [leave] until all the flocks are gathered together, and the shepherds roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8 - So Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings [in prayer to God] I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali (my wrestlings).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - So Rachel said to her father, “Do not be displeased, my lord, that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is on me and I am unwell.” He searched [further] but did not find the household idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - When the Man saw that He had not prevailed against Jacob, He touched his hip joint; and Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:28 - And He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but [fn]Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - They said to them, “We cannot do this thing and give our sister [in marriage] to one who is not circumcised, because that would be a disgrace to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:7 - For their [great flocks and herds and] possessions made it impossible for them to live together [in the same region]; the land in which they lived temporarily could not support them because of their livestock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:4 - His brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all of his brothers; so they hated him and could not [find it within themselves to] speak to him on friendly terms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:32 - So the servants served Joseph by himself [in honor of his rank], and his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because [according to custom] the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is [fn]loathsome to the Egyptians.

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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s [grain] money in the mouth of the sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - “But we said to my lord, ‘The [fn]young man cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - “But we said, ‘We cannot go down [to Egypt]. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down [there]; for we [were sternly told that we] cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

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Then Joseph could not control himself [any longer] in front of all those who attended him, and he called out, “Have everyone leave me.” So no man stood there when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless, for they were stunned and dismayed by [the fact that they were in] Joseph’s presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now Israel’s eyes were so dim from age that he could not see [clearly]. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - The fish in the Nile died, and the river became foul smelling, and the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout [fn]all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - So all the Egyptians dug near the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - The magicians (soothsayer-priests) tried by their secret arts and enchantments to create gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats on man and animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 - The magicians (soothsayer-priests) could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - ‘They shall cover the [visible] surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the ground, and they will eat the rest of what has remained—that is, the vegetation left after the hail—and they will eat every one of your trees that grows in the field;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt; it was not leavened, since they were driven [quickly] from Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any food for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were [fn]bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - “You will certainly wear out both yourself and these people who are with you, because the task is too heavy for you [to bear]; you cannot do it alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - “If you will do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure [the responsibility], and all these people will also go [back] to their tents in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:23 - Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set barriers around the mountain and consecrate it.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20 - But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man shall see Me and live!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory and brilliance of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:6 - But there were certain men who were [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] the dead body of a man, so they could not observe the Passover on that day; so they came before Moses and Aaron that same day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - “I am not able to carry all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.

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Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession of it; for we will certainly conquer it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:31 - But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are too strong for us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring these people into the land which He promised to give them, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Hear this, the people who came out of Egypt cover the surface of the land; come now, curse them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send word to you to call you? Why did you not come to me [immediately]? Am I really unable to honor (pay) you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - So Balaam said to Balak, “Indeed I have come to you now, but am I able to say anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘Even if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own accord. What the LORD speaks, that I will speak?’

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“I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.

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“If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I am; how can I dispossess them?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - “The LORD your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for [if you did] the [fn]wild animals would become too numerous for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - so that the [people of the] land from which You brought us will not say, “Because the LORD was not capable of bringing them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to the wilderness [in order] to kill them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “You are forbidden to eat within your [city] gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.

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