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Lexicon :: Strong's H6310 - pê

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פֶּה
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pê
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peh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1738

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּה peh, peh; from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:—accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x

The KJV translates Strong's H6310 in the following manner: mouth (340x), commandment (37x), edge (35x), according (22x), word (15x), hole (6x), end (3x), appointment (2x), portion (2x), tenor (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x
The KJV translates Strong's H6310 in the following manner: mouth (340x), commandment (37x), edge (35x), according (22x), word (15x), hole (6x), end (3x), appointment (2x), portion (2x), tenor (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (32x).

  1. (peh) mouth

    1. mouth (of man)

    2. mouth (as organ of speech)

    3. mouth (of animals)

    4. mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)

    5. extremity, end

  2. (pim) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1 Sa. 13:21

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּה peh, peh; from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:—accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
STRONGS H6310: Abbreviations
פֶּה485 noun masculineJoshua 9:2 mouth (probably biliteral [פו, פי] Sta§ 183; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician לפי according to; Assyrian pû, mouth; Arabic bdb080405, bdb080406, bdb080407; Ethiopic bdb080408; Syriac bdb080409 according to; but also Arabic bdb080410, bdb080411, bdb080412, Biblical Aramaic פֻּם, Targum פּוּמָא; Syriac bdb080413; Mandean פומא NöM § 87); — absolute פ׳ Exodus 4:10 +, construct פִּי Isaiah 1:20 +; suffix 1st person singular פִּי Genesis 45:12 +, 2nd person masculine singular פִּיךָ Genesis 41:40 +, 3rd person masculine singular פִּיו Genesis 25:28 +, פּיהוּ Exodus 4:15 +, 3rd person masculine plural פּיהֶם Judges 7:6 +, פִּימוֹ Psalm 17:10 + 2 times, etc.; plural פִּיּוֹת Proverbs 5:4,
[H6366 (שְׁנֵי) פֵיוֹת Judges 3:16],
[H6374 פִּיפִיּוֹת Isaiah 41:15; Psalm 149:6];
פִּים 1 Samuel 13:21 (corrupt, see Dr and others); —
1.
a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking Genesis 25:28; Judges 7:6; 1 Samuel 14:26, 1 Samuel 14:27; Nehemiah 9:20; Proverbs 19:24 = Proverbs 26:15 +; figurative as finding things sweet Job 20:12; Psalm 119:103; figurative of earth Genesis 4:11, swallowing Korah, etc. Numbers 16:30, Numberse 16:32; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; figurative also of She’ôl, וּפָֽעֲרָה פִיהָ Isaiah 5:14, compare Psalm 69:16 [Psalm 69:15].
b. external organ, וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַל־פִּיו 2 Kings 4:34; Proverbs 30:20; of kissing 1 Kings 19:18; Songs 1:2, וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Job 31:27; compare phrase עַל־פֶּה יָד שִׂים (of keeping silence) Judges 18:19; Micah 7:16; Job 21:5, compare Job 29:9; Job 40:4; Proverbs 30:32; of mocking triumph בִּפ׳עָלַי פָּעַר Job 16:10; עַל הִרְחִיב פ׳ Psalm 35:21; Isaiah 57:4, also עַל פִּי רָחַב 1 Samuel 2:1.
c. of י׳ in theophany, sending out fire 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9 [Psalm 18:8].
2.
a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man: פ׳ speaks Genesis 45:12; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Job 9:20; Job 15:5, Job 15:6; Psalm 37:30 +; speak בְּמוֺפִֿי Job 19:16; open פ׳, אֶליֿ׳ Judges 11:35, Judges 11:36, absolute Job 3:1; Job 33:2 +; shut פ׳ (be silent) Isaiah 52:15, compare חָשַׂךְ פ׳ Job 7:11, and (of iniquity, personified) קָצַף פ׳ Job 5:16; Psalm 107:42; guard פ׳, Proverbs 13:3 (נָצַר), Proverbs 21:23 (שָׁמַר), compare פ׳פִּתְחֵי שָׁמַר Micah 7:5, also Psalm 39:2 [Psalm 39:1] (see שׁמר); words, etc., are in (ב) mouth 2 Samuel 17:5; 2 Samuel 18:25; Deuteronomy 30:14; 1 Kings 17:24; שִׂים דְּבָרִים בְּפ׳ 2 Samuel 14:3, 2 Samuel 14:19; Exodus 4:15, also (God subject) Numbers 22:38; Numbers 23:12, Numbers 23:16 +; of utterance מִפּ׳יָצָא Judges 11:36; Numbers 30:3 [Numbers 30:2]; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 6:10 +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) מוּשׁ מִפִּ׳ Joshua 1:8; Isaiah 59:21, compare נִכְרַת מִפּ׳ Jeremiah 7:28, עַל־פִּיךָ יִשָּׁמַע לֹא Exodus 23:13; אִמְרֵי פ׳ Deuteronomy 32:1 words of my mouth, so Job 8:2; Psalm 19:15 [Psalm 19:14]; Psalm 54:4 [Psalm 54:2]; דְּבְרֵי פ׳ Psalm 36:4 [Psalm 36:3]; Ecclesiastes 10:12; of agency, בְּפּ׳ by the mouth of 2 Chronicles 36:21, 2 Chronicles 36:22 = מִפּ׳ Ezra 1:1; עִם־פּיו פִּיו דִּבֶּר Jeremiah 32:4 speak mouth to mouth = Jeremiah 34:3; פ׳ = speech, sayings Isaiah 29:13; Psalm 49:14 [Psalm 49:13]; Ecclesiastes 10:3; כְּבַד פ׳ Exodus 4:10 heavy of speech (not eloquent); אֶהְיֶה עִם־פ׳ Exodus 4:12; Exodus 4:15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; יִהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְפ׳ Exodus 4:16 he shall be mouth for thee; אֵלַי יִקְרָא מִפִּיו Jeremiah 36:18, i.e. dictate; כָּתַב מִפּ׳ see כָּתַב 1b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, עִקְּשׁוּת פ׳ Proverbs 4:24; Proverbs 6:12; פִּי תַהְפֻּכֹות Proverbs 8:13; פֶּה חָלָק Proverbs 26:28; אל־תַּגְדֵּל פ׳ Obadiah 12, compare Micah 6:12; Ezekiel 35:13.
b. as laughing Job 8:21; Psalm 126:2; panting Psalm 119:131.
c. of God; his mouth speaks Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5; Jeremiah 9:11 [Jeremiah 9:12] +; he speaks בְּפ׳ 1 Kings 8:15, 1 Kings 8:24; word proceeds מִפּ׳ Deuteronomy 8:3; Isaiah 45:23 +; פֶּה אֶל־פֶּה אֲדַבֵּר בּוֹ Numbers 12:8; he creates בְּרוּחַ פִּיו Psalm 33:6; he executes judgment בְּשֵׁבט פִּיו Isaiah 11:4; especially = command: עָבַר אֶת־פִּי י׳ 1 Samuel 15:24; Numbers 14:41, compare Numbers 22:18; Proverbs 8:29; פ׳ (אֶתֿ) מָרָה 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 12:15; Numbers 20:24; 1 Kings 13:21 +; compare 6. d.
d. of idols, Psalm 115:5; Psalm 136:16; Psalm 136:17.
e. of musical instrument = sound Amos 6:5 (compare 6 d).
3. of animals: bird Genesis 8:11 (carrying), Isaiah 10:14 (chirping); ass Numbers 22:28 (speaking); bear, lion 1 Samuel 17:35 (seizing), Amos 3:12 (id.), hippopotamus. Job 40:23 (drinking), crocodile Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; Job 41:13 [Job 41:21] (breathing flame); also of human foes, under figure of ravenous beasts Psalm 22:22 [Psalm 22:21]; Ezekiel 21:27 [Ezekiel 21:22]; Ezekiel 34:10; פָּצָה עַל פ'Psalm 22:14 [Psalm 22:13]; Lamentations 2:16; Lamentations 3:46; hence of edge of sword, פִּיּוֹת חֶרֶב Proverbs 5:4 a sword with edges (in simile), = פִּיפִיּוֹת ח׳ [H6374Psalm 149:6] compare [H6366 Judges 3:16]; see also 6 c (2), below; בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֹת [H6374 Isaiah 41:15], of מוֺרַג.
4. mouth = opening, orifice; of well Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3(twice in verse); Genesis 29:8, Genesis 29:10; cave Joshua 10:18, Joshua 10:22, Joshua 10:27; ravine, abyss Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, compare Gie); also of She’ôl Psalm 141:7; of a sack Genesis 42:27; Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:21; Genesis 44:1, Genesis 44:2, Genesis 44:8; ephah Zechariah 5:8; high-priest's robe Exodus 28:32 + 5 times, compare probably Psalm 133:2; tunic Job 30:18; of a round opening also 1 Kings 7:31 (3 times in verse) (on text and meaning see Benz Kit); of mouth of Nile Isaiah 19:7 (others brink); gate of city Proverbs 8:3 (but read perhaps לִפְנֵי, see Toy).
5.
a. extremity, end פֶּה לָפֶה from end to end, of a temple 2 Kings 10:21; city 2 Kings 21:16, מִפֶּהאֶל־פֶּה of land Ezra 9:11.
b. = portion, שְׁנַיִם פִּי Deuteronomy 21:17; 2 Kings 2:9; Zechariah 13:8.
6. with prepositions: —
a. אֶל פִּי , see below d (2).
b. כְּפִי:
(a) according to the command of, 1 Chronicles 12:23;
(b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to (compare Assyrian ki-i pi-i, DlHWB 325), †Exodus 16:21 they gathered it אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֺ each in proportion to his eating (Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:18 לְפִי), Leviticus 25:52 כְּפִי שָׁנָיו according to the number of his years (compare Leviticus 25:16 לְפִי); Numbers 6:21; Numbers 7:5 אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֺ (so 2 Chronicles 31:2), Numbers 7:7, Numbers 7:8; Numbers 35:8 (all P); Job 33:6 הֵן־אֲנִי כְפְיךָ לָאֵל I am in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As conjunction, כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר, Malachi 2:9 כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שֹׁמְרִים אֶת־דְּרָכַי accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר Zechariah 2:4 [Zechariah 1:21] כְּפִי אִישׁ־לֹא נָשָׂא ראֹשׁוֹ in such proportion that none did lift up his head (but We Now אֲשֶׁר for אִישׁ, that it, Judah, did not, etc.).
c. לְפִי, nearly the same with כְּפִי (see לְ 5 i b), but more common (compare Aramaic לְפוּם, bdb080501):
(1) †Genesis 47:12 לְפִי הַטָּ֑ף, Exodus 12:4 ye shall compute אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ each according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume), Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:18; Leviticus 25:16 לְפִי רֹב הַשָּׁנִים, Leviticus 25:16; Leviticus 25:51; Leviticus 27:16 לְפִי זַרְעוֺ, Numbers 26:54; Joshua 18:4; 1 Kings 17:1 except לְפִי דְבָרִי, Hosea 10:12 קִצְרוּ לְפִי חֶסֶד (|| לִצְדָקָה), Proverbs 12:8; Proverbs 27:2: followed by infinitive Numbers 9:17 לְפִי הֵעָלוֺת הֶעָנָן = accusative as the cloud was lifted up, Jeremiah 29:10.
(2) in the phrase לְפִי חֶרֶב according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the sword devours, without quarter, Genesis 34:26; Exodus 17:13; Numbers 21:24 —
d. עַל פִּי :
(1) according to (עַל 1 f a) the mouth of, i.e.
(α) the command of, Genesis 41:40; Genesis 45:21; Exodus 17:1; Exodus 38:21; Numbers 3:16, Numbers 3:39 + (especially P), 2 Kings 23:35;
(β) the evidence or sentence of, Deuteronomy 17:6 עַל־פִּי עֵד אֶחָד, Deuteronomy 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:5 (on עַל־פִּי הַנָּ֑בֶ Amos 6:5, see 2 e above).
(2) according to the measure of, in accordance with, Genesis 43:7 we told him על פי הדברים האלה according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), Exodus 34:27 in accordance with these words, Leviticus 27:8 עלפֿי אשׁר תַּשִּׂיג יַד הנֹּדֵר according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, Leviticus 27:18 (compare לְפִי Leviticus 25:16, Leviticus 25:51), Deuteronomy 17:10, Deuteronomy 17:11; 2 Samuel 13:32 (but see שׂוּמָה), Proverbs 22:6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר על פי דרכו. In the same sense פִּי אֶל, Joshua 15:13; Joshua 17:4; Joshua 21:3.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6433.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:11; 8:11; 25:28; 25:28; 29:2; 29:3; 29:8; 29:10; 34:26; 41:40; 41:40; 42:27; 43:7; 43:12; 43:21; 44:1; 44:2; 44:8; 45:12; 45:12; 45:21; 47:12

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 4:12; 4:15; 4:15; 4:15; 4:16; 12:4; 16:16; 16:16; 16:18; 16:18; 16:21; 17:1; 17:13; 23:13; 28:32; 34:27; 38:21

Leviticus

25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 25:51; 25:51; 25:52; 27:8; 27:16; 27:18

Numbers

3:16; 3:39; 6:21; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 9:17; 12:8; 14:41; 16:30; 16:32; 20:24; 21:24; 22:18; 22:28; 22:38; 23:12; 23:16; 26:10; 26:54; 30:2; 32:24; 35:8

Deuteronomy

8:3; 11:6; 17:6; 17:10; 17:11; 19:15; 21:5; 21:17; 30:14; 32:1

Joshua

1:8; 6:10; 9:2; 10:18; 10:22; 10:27; 15:13; 17:4; 18:4; 21:3

Judges

7:6; 7:6; 11:35; 11:36; 11:36; 18:19

1 Samuel

2:1; 12:14; 12:15; 13:21; 14:26; 14:27; 15:24; 17:35

2 Samuel

1:16; 13:32; 14:3; 14:19; 17:5; 18:25; 22:9

1 Kings

7:31; 8:15; 8:24; 13:21; 17:1; 17:24; 19:18

2 Kings

2:9; 4:34; 10:21; 21:16; 23:35

1 Chronicles

12:23

2 Chronicles

31:2; 36:21; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 9:11

Nehemiah

9:20

Job

3:1; 5:16; 7:11; 8:2; 8:21; 9:20; 15:5; 15:6; 16:10; 19:16; 20:12; 21:5; 29:9; 30:18; 31:27; 33:2; 33:6; 40:4; 40:23; 41:19; 41:21

Psalms

17:10; 18:8; 19:14; 22:13; 22:21; 33:6; 35:21; 36:3; 37:30; 39:1; 49:13; 54:2; 69:15; 69:16; 107:42; 115:5; 119:103; 119:131; 126:2; 133:2; 136:16; 136:17; 141:7

Proverbs

4:24; 5:4; 5:4; 6:12; 8:3; 8:13; 8:29; 12:8; 13:3; 19:24; 21:23; 22:6; 26:15; 26:28; 27:2; 30:20; 30:32

Ecclesiastes

10:3; 10:12

Song of Songs

1:2

Isaiah

1:20; 1:20; 5:14; 9:17; 10:14; 11:4; 19:7; 29:13; 40:5; 45:23; 52:15; 57:4; 59:21

Jeremiah

7:28; 9:12; 29:10; 32:4; 34:3; 36:18; 48:28

Lamentations

2:16; 3:46

Ezekiel

21:22; 34:10; 35:13

Hosea

10:12

Amos

3:12; 6:5; 6:5

Obadiah

1:12

Micah

6:12; 7:5; 7:16

Zechariah

1:21; 5:8; 13:8

Malachi

2:9

H6310

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Strong's Number H6310 matches the Hebrew פֶּה (pê),
which occurs 23 times in 20 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - “Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word[fn] that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction,[fn] all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the LORD will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:18 - I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - And when the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the LORD, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 - “Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:1 - “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:5 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD,
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