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Lexicon :: Strong's H4687 - miṣvâ

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מִצְוָה
Transliteration
miṣvâ
Pronunciation
mits-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1887b

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x

The KJV translates Strong's H4687 in the following manner: commandments (177x), precept (4x), commanded (2x), law (1x), ordinances (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x
The KJV translates Strong's H4687 in the following manner: commandments (177x), precept (4x), commanded (2x), law (1x), ordinances (1x).

  1. commandment

    1. commandment (of man)

    2. the commandment (of God)

    3. commandment (of code of wisdom)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
STRONGS H4687: Abbreviations
מִצְוָה 181 noun feminine commandment; — מ׳ Proverbs 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Joshua 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָֽֽֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 26:13; Psalm 119:96; מִצְוָתוֺ Numbers 15:81; plural מִצְוֺת absolute Leviticus 26:14 + (מִצְווֺת Nehemiah 9:14); construct Nehemiah 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; — not used before D and Jeremiah; in Jeremiah only of man's commands; not Ezekiel nor Minor Prophets, except Malachi; —
1. commandment, of man: king, 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; 2 Chronicles 8:15 + 14 times; אב מ׳ Jeremiah 35:14, 16, 18; Proverbs 6:20; אנשׁים מ׳ Isaiah 29:13; plural only Jeremiah 35:18; Proverbs 10:8; Nehemiah 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Jeremiah 32:11.
2. of God:
a. following the commandment, code of law: 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalm 19:9; especially of D שׁמר המ׳ Deuteronomy 8:1, Deuteronomy 8:2 + 5 times D; עשׂח המ׳ Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 15:5; אשׁר צוּה (ה)מ׳) Deuteronomy 26:13; Deuteronomy 30:11; Deuteronomy 31:5; סוּר מִן המ׳ Deuteronomy 17:20; הֵפַר מ׳ Numbers 15:31 (P); || תּוֺרָה Exodus 24:12 (RD) Joshua 22:5 (D) 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; + חֻקִּים, מִשְׁפָּטִים Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1 +.
b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2nd person plural (ye shall, shall not; BrHex. new ed., 246 ff.), Leviticus 4:2 + 5 times P, Isaiah 48:18 + 25 times (late; especially Psalm 119 + 20 times); שׁמר מ׳ Exodus 20:6 (R) Leviticus 22:31 (H) Deuteronomy 4:2 + 10 times D, 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:6 + 5 times; עשׂה מ׳ Leviticus 26:14 (H) + 5 times; שׁמע מ׳ Deuteronomy 11:13 + 4 times; אשׁר צוּה המ׳ Leviticus 27:34 (H); עבר מ׳ Deuteronomy 26:13; 2 Chronicles 24:20; עזב מ׳ 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:10; הפר מ׳ Ezra 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various:
(1) with חֻקִּים Exodus 15:26 (RD) Deuteronomy 4:40; Ezra 7:11 +; ח׳ + משׁפטים Deuteronomy 26:17; 1 Kings 8:58; Nehemiah 1:7; Nehemiah 10:30; + משׁפטים, תורות Nehemiah 9:18; + תורה Nehemiah 9:14; + עדוֺת Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31.
(2) with חֻקּוֺת Leviticus 26:3 (H) Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:13 + 9 times; ח׳ + משׁפטים Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 30:16; 1 Kings 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים Psalm 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֺת 1 Kings 2:3; + תּוֺרוֺת Genesis 26:5 (RD); +עדוֺת 2 Kings 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Numbers 36:13 (P) 1 Chronicles 28:7; Nehemiah 9:29; Daniel 9:5; with תורות Exodus 16:28 (R), with ערות Nehemiah 9:34.
c. of special commands of God 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 2:1, 4; Job 23:12.
3. commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Proverbs 19:16, || תורה Proverbs 6:23, || דבר Proverbs 13:13; plural of special commands Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:1, 2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5

Exodus

15:26; 16:28; 20:6; 24:12

Leviticus

4:2; 22:31; 26:3; 26:14; 26:14; 26:15; 27:34

Numbers

15:31; 36:13

Deuteronomy

4:2; 4:40; 5:28; 6:1; 6:2; 6:17; 6:25; 8:1; 8:2; 8:11; 10:13; 11:1; 11:13; 15:5; 17:20; 26:13; 26:13; 26:13; 26:17; 30:11; 30:16; 31:5

Joshua

22:3; 22:5

1 Samuel

13:13

1 Kings

2:3; 2:43; 6:12; 8:58; 13:21; 14:8; 18:18

2 Kings

17:16; 18:6; 18:36; 23:3

1 Chronicles

28:7; 29:19

2 Chronicles

8:13; 8:15; 14:3; 24:20; 29:25; 31:21; 34:31

Ezra

7:11; 9:10; 9:14; 10:3

Nehemiah

1:7; 4:2; 9:14; 9:14; 9:18; 9:29; 9:34; 10:30; 10:33; 13:5

Job

23:12

Psalms

19:9; 89:32; 119; 119:96

Proverbs

2:1; 3:1; 4:4; 6:20; 6:23; 6:23; 7:1; 7:2; 10:8; 13:13; 19:16

Isaiah

29:13; 36:21; 48:18

Jeremiah

32:11; 35:14; 35:16; 35:18; 35:18

Daniel

9:5

Malachi

2:1; 2:4

H4687

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4687 matches the Hebrew מִצְוָה (miṣvâ),
which occurs 184 times in 177 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Deu 27:1–2Ch 29:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1 - And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments H4687 which I command you this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments H4687 and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments H4687 which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:9 - The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments H4687 of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments H4687 of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments H4687 and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments H4687 and his statutes which he commanded thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:8 - And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments H4687 which I command thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments H4687 and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - For this commandment H4687 which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments H4687 and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:5 - And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments H4687 which I have commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:3 - Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment H4687 of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But take diligent heed to do the commandment H4687 and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, H4687 and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments H4687 of the LORD; but they did not so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments H4687 of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:13 - And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment H4687 of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, H4687 and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment H4687 that I have charged thee with?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, H4687 as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12 - Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments H4687 to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, H4687 and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:61

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, H4687 as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments H4687 and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments H4687 and my statutes:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, H4687 as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment H4687 which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, H4687 and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments H4687 of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments H4687 and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they left all the commandments H4687 of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:19 - Also Judah kept not the commandments H4687 of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34 - Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment H4687 which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37 - And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, H4687 which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 - For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, H4687 which the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:36 - But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment H4687 was, saying, Answer him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:3 - And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments H4687 and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:7 - Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments H4687 and my judgments, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments H4687 of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, H4687 thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:19 - But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, H4687 which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment H4687 of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they departed not from the commandment H4687 of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4 - And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, H4687 and not after the doings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, H4687 statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:20 - And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments H4687 of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:21 - And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment H4687 of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment H4687 of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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