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de.rekh H1870

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) means “way: conduct” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דֶּ֫רֶךְ Hebrew · H1870 706 tagged occurrences in 626 verses

Pronunciation guide: deh'-rek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1870G

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: conduct

: conduct/lifestyle 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870H

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · Way

This name means way, road

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TBESH · H1870I

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · (King's) Highway

This name means way, road Combined with me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "King's" H4428I)

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TBESH · H1870J

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: direction

: direction 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870K

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: road

: road/route 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870L

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: journey

: journey 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1869 (דָּרַךְ); a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

KJV glosses: along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

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How translators render H1870

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the way	62
your ways	24
ways	22
the road	21
way	21
his ways	16
my ways	16
in the way	15
in his ways	14
in the ways	14
journey	14
the ways	13
by way	12
along the road	11
his way	11
in the road	9
the path	9
toward	8
on the road	7
on your way	7
on his way	6
on the journey	6
on the way	6
path	6
their ways	6
through	6
your way	6
along the way	5
by	5
in my ways	5
is the way	5
a way	4
according to his ways	4
by the way	4
in the direction	4
in your ways	4
on	4
road	4
their way	4
to	4
according to your ways	3
along the route	3
and	3
but the way	3
direction	3
facing	3
my way	3
of his ways	3
on their way	3
roads	3
wherever	3
along the path	2
and the way	2
but the ways	2
conduct	2
down the road	2
for their journey	2
for your journey	2
for your ways	2
from his way	2
from the direction	2
from their ways	2
from your ways	2
highway	2
in the path	2
in their ways	2
its ways	2
of the road	2
on a journey	2
route	2
street	2
the distance	2
the roads	2
the same way	2
their conduct	2
their path	2
up the road	2
vvv	2
what he has done	2
a path	1
a ramp	1
a road	1
according to his way	1
according to our ways	1
according to their conduct	1
according to their ways	1
all her ways	1
along	1
along the route to	1
along with his ways	1
along your way	1
and a path	1
and his ways	1
and make your journey	1
and one whose way	1
are my ways	1
are the way	1
are those whose way	1
as is the custom	1
at your behavior	1
away	1
beside the road	1
blows toward	1
bring your deeds	1
but another path	1
by a route	1
by a way	1
by the road	1
by the way you came	1
by their own ways	1
by way of	1
bypaths	1
course	1
did	1
does the way	1
down a path	1
for their ways	1
from	1
from a journey	1
from his ways	1
from it	1
from the path	1
from the way	1
from their routes	1
had made his journey	1
has been your way	1
has made my journey	1
her ways	1
his behavior	1
his course	1
his journey	1
his own way	1
his path	1
his paths	1
his way sure	1
his ways straight	1
i am having my period	1
i will bring their conduct	1
i will bring their deeds	1
in all you do	1
in formation	1
in his journey	1
in his mission	1
in their walk	1
in your own way	1
in your rebellion	1
into roads	1
is in the road	1
is it my way	1
is the fate	1
is the road	1
its way	1
journeys	1
keep your path	1
lie on the path	1
like those	1
long	1
make my journey	1
may their path	1
missions	1
my path	1
of his own ways	1
of his way	1
of the walkway	1
of the ways	1
of their own way	1
of what route	1
of your ways	1
off the road	1
on her way	1
on his journey	1
on the	1
on the mission	1
on the path	1
on the right course	1
on their path	1
on your journey	1
one road	1
or	1
or as surely as the way	1
or clears a path	1
or on a journey	1
or the journey	1
or your vigor	1
our journey	1
our way	1
our ways	1
out of the way	1
out of their way	1
room	1
started on his way	1
than your ways	1
that your ways	1
the crossroads	1
the example	1
the highways	1
the pathways	1
the way i have taken	1
their behavior	1
their course	1
their own ways	1
this way	1
those whose ways	1
to his own way	1
to his way	1
to the desires	1
to the path	1
to their own way	1
until your roads	1
way of life	1
we will stay on the main road	1
where the road	1
whose ways	1
with a passageway	1
with your word	1
works	1
you in the way	1
you on a mission	1
you on the way	1
you the way	1
your favors	1
your journey	1
your own way	1
your path	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the way	66
by the way	65
in the way	50
way	46
toward	27
his way	21
ways	16
journey	15
my ways	11
out of the way	11
in his ways	10
thy way	10
a way	9
of the way	9
their way	9
in the ways	8
in all his ways	7
the ways	7
your ways	7
his ways	6
according to his ways	5
in my ways	5
my way	5
thee in the way	5
thy ways	5
and the way	4
but the way	4
from the way	4
in all the way	4
not the way	4
on his way	4
after the manner	3
from his way	3
her ways	3
in thy ways	3
no way	3
of his way	3
thee according to thy ways	3
thee by the way	3
them the way	3
to their way	3
and his ways	2
and in the way	2
are not your ways	2
conversation	2
for the way	2
him by the way	2
in all the ways	2
in all thy ways	2
in by the way	2
in his way	2
in thy way	2
me thy way	2
not in the way	2
of thy ways	2
on thy way	2
unto the way	2
unto thee toward	2
us of his ways	2
us our way	2
ye the way	2
your way	2
according to their way	1
according to thy ways	1
according unto all his ways	1
after his ways	1
after their ways	1
against thee after the manner	1
all his ways	1
all my ways	1
all the way	1
all the ways	1
along by the high way	1
along that way	1
and a way	1
and if the way	1
and is not in a journey	1
and it came to pass by the way	1
and it came to pass while they were in the way	1
and let all thy ways	1
and lo all the way	1
and make your ways	1
and now what hast thou to do in the way	1
and of all his ways	1
and the manner	1
and was with me in the way	1
any of his ways	1
are not my ways	1
as he journeyed	1
at thee	1
away	1
because	1
because of the way	1
because the journey	1
but as for them their way	1
by	1
by a way	1
by the same way	1
by the way side	1
by the wayside	1
by what way	1
eastward	1
every way	1
for all his ways	1
for all my ways	1
for him in the way	1
for in the way	1
for the custom	1
for the journey	1
for the ways	1
for your own ways	1
from his ways	1
from me the way	1
from thy ways	1
he me the way	1
her into the way	1
her way	1
him and he shall make his way	1
him because the way	1
him his way	1
him in the way	1
him into the way	1
himself in a way	1
his journey	1
his own way	1
in a journey	1
in a manner	1
in a way	1
in their ways	1
in this way	1
is not my way	1
it by their own way	1
let their way	1
make thy way	1
me in the way	1
me now thy way	1
me thy ways	1
me toward	1
mine own ways	1
no more that way	1
none of his ways	1
nor in the ways	1
nor thy ways	1
not by the way	1
not from their ways	1
not in his ways	1
not in thy ways	1
not the ways	1
not thou in the way	1
now the way	1
of	1
of every way	1
of his ways	1
of the ways	1
of their own way	1
of their way	1
of thy way	1
on his ways	1
on my ways	1
on the way	1
on their way	1
on your way	1
on your ways	1
or a way	1
or he is in a journey	1
or what hast thou to do in the way	1
our ways	1
out their way	1
passengers	1
shall be there and a way	1
so are my ways	1
than your ways	1
that the way	1
that thou makest thy ways	1
that thy way	1
the journey	1
the pathway	1
the way toward	1
thee a way	1
thee from the way	1
thee in all thy ways	1
thee in thy ways	1
thee on a journey	1
thee out of the way	1
their own way	1
their own ways	1
their ways	1
them along the way	1
them by the way	1
them for the ways	1
them for their ways	1
them in the way	1
there in the way	1
thine own ways	1
this their way	1
thou me in thy way	1
thou thy way	1
through	1
through the way	1
throughout all the way	1
thy manner	1
to her ways	1
to him the way	1
to his own way	1
to my ways	1
to the way	1
to their own way	1
unto her by the way	1
unto thee by the way	1
unto them after their way	1
unto them what way	1
unto us according to our ways	1
unto us after the manner	1
up thy way	1
upon all the ways	1
upon all their ways	1
upon the ways	1
upon their ways	1
upon them by the way	1
upon thy ways	1
us in all the way	1
us the way	1
was in the way	1
wherefore doth the way	1
wherefore their way	1
whether our way	1
which way	1
whithersoever	1
whose way	1
with his own ways	1
with in the ways	1
ye in all the ways	1
ye in the ways	1
you by what way	1
you the way	1

Verses containing H1870

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Deuteronomy 28:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
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Deuteronomy 28:68 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
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Deuteronomy 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
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Deuteronomy 31:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
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Deuteronomy 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
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Joshua 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
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Joshua 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
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Joshua 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
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Joshua 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
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Joshua 3:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
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Joshua 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
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Joshua 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
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Joshua 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
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Joshua 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
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Joshua 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
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Joshua 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
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Joshua 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
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Joshua 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
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Joshua 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
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Joshua 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
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Joshua 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
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Judges 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
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Judges 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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Judges 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
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Judges 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
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Judges 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
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Judges 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
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Judges 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
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Judges 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
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Judges 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
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Judges 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
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Judges 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
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Judges 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
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Judges 19:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
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Judges 20:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
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Ruth 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
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1 Samuel 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
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1 Samuel 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
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1 Samuel 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
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1 Samuel 6:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
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1 Samuel 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
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1 Samuel 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
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1 Samuel 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
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1 Samuel 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
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1 Samuel 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
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1 Samuel 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
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1 Samuel 13:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
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1 Samuel 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
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1 Samuel 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
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