Numbers 32:20

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go (f) armed before the LORD to war,

(f) Before the Ark of the Lord.

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²⁰ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

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