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Lexicon :: Strong's H4616 - maʿan

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מַעַן
Transliteration
maʿan
Pronunciation
mah'-an
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Part of Speech
preposition, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

  1. purpose, intent

    preposition

    1. for the sake of

    2. in view of, on account of

    3. for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to

      conjunction

    4. to the end that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.
STRONGS H4616: Abbreviations
[מַ֫עַן] substantive purpose, intent, only with לְ, in לְמַ֫עַן 271 preposition and conjunction for the sake of, on account of, to the intent or in order that (abbreviated from מַעֲנֶה : compare מַ֫עַל; Köii. 116); — with suffix לְמַעֲנִי, לְמַעַנְךָ, and לְמַעַנְכֶם; —
1. preposition: —
a. Genesis 18:24 wilt thou... not spare the place למען חמשׁים הציקים for the sake of the 50 righteous? Deuteronomy 30:6 חַיֶּיךָ ל׳ for thy life's sake, 1 Kings 8:41 the foreigner who comer from afar שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ל׳, Isaiah 43:14 לְמַעַנְכֶם שִׁלַּחְתִּי בָבֶ֫לָה, Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 62:1 ציון ל׳, Isaiah 63:17 עבדיך ל׳, Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 36:22 (twice in verse); Job 18:4; Psalm 122:8; Psalm 122:9; (עַבְדִּי ד׳) לְמַעַן דָּוִד, i.e. for the sake of David's memory, and the promises given to him, † 1 Kings 11:12, 13, 32, 34; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), Isaiah 20:6 (all D2); לְמַעֲנִי (of י׳) for my own sake, i.e. to vindicate my name, † 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִי לְמַעֲנִי אֶעֲשֶׁה, so לְמַעַנְךָ Daniel 9:19, אֲדֹנָי ל׳ Daniel 9:17; י׳ is said (or entreated) to act (שִׁמְךָ, שְׁמִי) לְמַעַן שְׁמוֺ i.e. to maintain his reputation, or character, † Psalm 23:3; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 143:11; Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, 44; Isaiah 48:9; simile חַסְדְּךָ ל׳ (i.e. to maintain it consistently) † Psalm 6:5; Psalm 44:27, טוּבְךָ ל׳ † Psalm 25:7, צִדְקוֺ ל׳ † Isaiah 42:21.
b. In view of, on account of (but not expressing causation distinctly, like מִן 2f, or מִפְּנֵי), Deuteronomy 3:26 בי לְמַעַנְכֶם ויתעבר י׳ on your account, 1 Kings 11:39 זֹאת ל׳ in view of this, שׁוֺרֲרַי ל׳ on account of my watchful foes, † Psalm 5:9; Psalm 27:11, צורריך ל׳ Psalm 8:3, simil. Psalm 69:19; Psalm 48:12 (Psalm 97:8) משׁפטיך ישמח הר ציון ֗֗֗ ל׳ in view of thy judgments.
c. Following infinitive Genesis 18:19 לְמַעַן הָבִיא י׳ for the purpose of J.'s bringing = to the intent that J. might bring, Genesis 37:22 הַצִּיל ל׳ in order to rescue, Genesis 50:20; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 9:16; Exodus 10:1, etc., Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 6:28, etc., 2 Kings 10:19; Jeremiah 7:10, 18; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 50:34 (on הִרגיע, see עַד 2a b), Ezekiel 14:5; Ezekiel 21:5; Ezekiel 22:6 etc., Ezekiel 36:5, + often (Köiii.595 f.). Once, pleonastic, לְמַעַן לָמוּג לֵב Ezekiel 21:20 (compare כַּעֲבוּר לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3; but read probably הִמּוֺג).
2. conjunction (followed by imperfect): —
a. לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר Genesis 18:19 I have known him אשׁר יְצַוֶּה ל׳ to the end that he might command, etc., Deuteronomy 27:3; Joshua 3:4; 2 Samuel 13:5; Jeremiah 42:6; more often
b. without אשׁר, as Genesis 12:13 לְמַעַן יִיטַב לִי, Genesis 27:25; Exodus 4:5 יאמינו ל׳, Exodus 8:6; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 9:29; Exodus 10:2; Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 23:16; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 30:13; Psalm 48:14 + often (Köiii. 571).
c. Following לֹא
(a) אשׁר לֹא ל׳ † Numbers 17:5; Deuteronomy 20:18; Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 36:30; Ezekiel 46:18;
(b) לֹא ל׳ † Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 19:9; Ezekiel 25:10; Ezekiel 26:20; Zechariah 12:7; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:80; Psalm 125:3 (Köiii. 574. Less common than לְבִלְתִּי or מִן with infinitive, or פֶּן־.
Note 1. — לְמַעַן is always in order that, never merely so that ἐκβατικῶς); but sometimes, in rhetorical passages, the issue of a line of action, though really undesigned, is represented by it ironically as if it were designed: Deuteronomy 29:18 (see Dr) סְפוֺת וגו׳ וְהִתְבָּרֵךְ כִּלְבָבוֺ ֗֗֗ ל׳ and he congratulate himself... in order to sweep away the moistened with the dry (i.e. to destroy all together), Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 44:9 יֵבוֺשׁוּ בל יראו ובל ידעו ל׳ in orer that they may be put to shame, Jeremiah 7:18 הַכְעִיסֵנִי ל׳, Jeremiah 7:19 פְּנֵיהֶם בּשֶׁת ל׳, Jeremiah 27:10, 15; Jeremiah 32:29; Hosea 8:4 their silver, etc., they have made into idols יִכָרֵת ל׳ in order that it may be cut off (of course, not the real purpose of the idolatry), Amos 2:7; Micah 6:16: compare Psalm 51:6 (see Comn.) in order that thou mightest be just when thou judgest (that is, by manifesting thy justice in judgement on my sin). compare bdb077501 Qor 28:7 (FlKl. Schr. i. 397 f.).
Note 2. — In Joshua 4:24 for the anomalous יְרָאתֶם ל׳, read infinitive יִרְאָתָם ל׳ in order that they might fear (Dr§ 14 Obs.): Nehemiah 6:13 לְמַעַן שָׂכוּר הוּא לְמַעַן אִירָא (si vera lectio) the first ל׳ points forwards, to this intent was he hired, to the intent that I should be afraid. — On Proverbs 16:4, see מַעֵנֶה above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:13; 18:19; 18:19; 18:24; 27:25; 37:22; 50:20

Exodus

1:11; 4:5; 8:6; 8:18; 9:16; 9:29; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

17:5

Deuteronomy

2:30; 3:26; 20:18; 27:3; 29:18; 30:6

Joshua

3:4; 4:24

2 Samuel

13:5

1 Kings

8:41; 11:12; 11:13; 11:32; 11:34; 11:39; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19; 10:19; 19:34; 19:34; 20:6

1 Chronicles

19:3

Nehemiah

6:13

Job

18:4

Psalms

5:9; 6:5; 8:3; 9:15; 23:3; 25:7; 25:11; 27:11; 31:4; 48:12; 48:14; 51:6; 69:19; 79:9; 97:8; 106:8; 119:11; 119:80; 122:8; 122:9; 125:3; 143:11

Proverbs

16:4

Isaiah

5:19; 20:6; 23:16; 30:1; 37:35; 37:35; 42:21; 43:14; 43:25; 44:9; 45:4; 48:9; 48:11; 62:1; 63:17; 65:8

Jeremiah

7:10; 7:18; 7:18; 7:19; 11:5; 14:7; 14:21; 27:10; 27:15; 32:29; 42:6; 50:34

Ezekiel

14:5; 14:11; 19:9; 20:9; 20:14; 20:22; 20:44; 21:5; 21:20; 22:6; 25:10; 26:20; 31:14; 36:5; 36:22; 36:30; 46:18

Daniel

9:17; 9:19

Hosea

8:4

Amos

2:7

Micah

6:16

Zechariah

12:7

H4616

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Strong's Number H4616 matches the Hebrew מַעַן (maʿan),
which occurs 272 times in 252 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 12:13–Deu 12:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - And he saith, 'Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - and Reuben saith unto them, 'Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:5 - '-- so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:10 - and he saith, 'To-morrow.' And he saith, According to thy word it is, so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - 'And I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I am Jehovah in the midst of the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - 'And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses saith unto him, 'At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah -- the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth is Jehovah's;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have declared hard his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these My signs in their midst,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - 'And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:9 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Pharaoh doth not hearken unto you, so as to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens -- and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day -- so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - And Moses saith, 'This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - 'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - 'And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation is Thy people;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - so that the sons of Israel do bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, yea, they have brought them in to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - and I -- I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - so that your generations do know that in booths I caused the sons of Israel to dwell; in my bringing them out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, am your God.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:40 - a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company, -- as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:20 - and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - 'And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - 'And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:26 - 'And Jehovah sheweth himself wroth with me, for your sake, and hath not hearkened unto me, and Jehovah saith unto me, Enough for thee; add not to speak unto Me any more about this thing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:1 - 'And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - and the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - 'Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and it is well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:23 - and us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 - 'All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - 'And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - 'And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it is who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 - and ye have kept all the command which I am commanding thee to-day, so that ye are strong, and have gone in, and possessed the land whither ye are passing over to possess it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed -- a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:21 - so that your days are multiplied, and the days of your sons, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

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