ma.tsa H4672

מָצָא (ma.tsa) means “to find” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָצָא Hebrew · H4672 455 tagged occurrences in 425 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw-tsaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4672

מָצָא · ma.tsa · to find

1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV glosses: [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

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How translators render H4672

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
found	22
i have found	22
find	10
and found	9
is found	9
was found	9
be found	8
they found	8
find them	7
finds	7
find him	5
he found	5
i find	5
were found	5
who were present	5
and find	4
and they found	4
are found	4
finding	4
i found	4
to find	4
we have found	4
you will find	4
could be found	3
find her	3
he found him	3
is caught	3
met	3
that was found	3
to be found	3
we found	3
and he was found	2
and you will find	2
brought him	2
but i found	2
can be found	2
can find	2
discover	2
encounters	2
find anything	2
found him	2
has found	2
have been found	2
have you found	2
he will be found	2
i encountered	2
i have discovered	2
if you find	2
overtook him	2
that had been found	2
that still survives	2
there	2
to comprehend	2
we will find	2
who were found	2
will be found	2
will find	2
would they have enough	2
you find	2
you found	2
acquired	1
afford	1
among	1
an ever-present	1
and acquires	1
and all that was found	1
and discover	1
and find me	1
and found them	1
and have found	1
and he found	1
and i find	1
and i found	1
and i have found you	1
and if i have found	1
and spreads	1
and strikes	1
and there it was found	1
and there were found to be	1
and they are discovered	1
and verified	1
and you have found	1
are stained	1
befell him	1
brought	1
but find	1
but finds	1
but found	1
but he found	1
but i discovered	1
can fathom it	1
can we find	1
can you fathom	1
caught	1
come upon us	1
comes	1
could lift	1
delivered you	1
demands	1
did you ever find	1
discovered	1
encounters her	1
enough	1
fathom	1
find elijah	1
find it	1
find its meaning	1
find me	1
find the donkeys	1
find you	1
finding them	1
finds me	1
for they could find	1
found you	1
god finds	1
grant me this favor	1
had	1
had been found	1
had found	1
had gained	1
happened to us	1
has been found	1
has befallen us	1
has come upon us	1
has exposed	1
has found the courage	1
have come upon them	1
have found	1
have found me	1
have happened to you	1
have i found	1
have solved	1
he accomplishes this	1
he brings consequences	1
he could find a place	1
he finds	1
he found her	1
he found them	1
he has	1
he has found	1
he is caught	1
he reaped	1
he who finds	1
he will find	1
i am pleased with	1
i can find a place	1
i discovered that	1
i have found you out	1
i have here	1
i have indeed found	1
i may find	1
i was confronted	1
i was found	1
i will be found	1
if i found you	1
in attendance	1
in their path	1
is actually found	1
is it found	1
it is attained	1
it was found	1
lay a hand on	1
let me find	1
lies	1
like one who brings	1
like one who finds	1
may be captured	1
may i continue to find	1
may i find	1
met him	1
more room is found	1
now his men found	1
obtain	1
one is found	1
or seeking	1
or the man is found	1
our reach	1
overcame me	1
reached	1
receive	1
remains	1
seized	1
shall find me	1
so that i may find	1
so they found	1
so you have found me out	1
that find	1
that had happened	1
that has been found	1
then the prophet found	1
then you will find	1
there is	1
there they found	1
they brought	1
they can find	1
they had encountered	1
they have been found	1
they reach	1
they took	1
they will find her	1
those present	1
those who found	1
to detect	1
to fall	1
to those who find	1
to those who find them	1
trying to find	1
was he ever found among thieves	1
we find him	1
we have lived	1
were	1
whatever can be found	1
when you meet	1
where to find him	1
while he may be found	1
who are here	1
who are present	1
who can be found	1
who finds	1
who found him	1
who found them	1
who was found	1
whoever finds me	1
whoever had	1
will apprehend	1
will befall him	1
will befall them	1
will find you out	1
will meet you	1
will overtake us	1
will seize	1
would befall	1
would overwhelm	1
yet if caught	1
you are able	1
you can find	1
you can find it	1
you can spare	1
you do	1
you find here	1
you find it	1
you have found	1
you may be found	1
you meet	1
you were found	1
you will find it again	1
your fugitives	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	31
and found	17
be found	10
find	10
that was found	8
is found	7
and they found	6
findeth	6
hath found	5
i have found	5
present	5
that they found	5
that were found	5
that were present	5
were found	5
but found	4
find out	4
shall be found	4
shall find	4
are found	3
have i found	3
if i find	3
if i have found	3
if now i have found	3
they found	3
to find	3
and all that was found	2
and find	2
and he found	2
and i find	2
and i have found	2
but they found	2
but they shall not find	2
for them to suffice	2
hast thou found	2
have found	2
him but i found	2
him he will be found	2
hit	2
i found	2
it be found	2
let me find	2
met	2
presented	2
shall find out	2
that i have found	2
that is found	2
they shall find	2
to find out	2
unto him if now i have found	2
was found	2
which were found	2
who can find	2
all that are found	1
all that found	1
also find	1
among all those have i not found	1
and all that came to hand	1
and all that were present	1
and catch	1
and could not find	1
and every man with whom was found	1
and find out	1
and foundest	1
and have not delivered	1
and he cannot find	1
and he caused all that were present	1
and he was found	1
and i found	1
and i will be found	1
and if i have found	1
and if she be not able to bring	1
and it was found	1
and lighteth	1
and made all that were present	1
and met	1
and not be found	1
and now if i have found	1
and received	1
and shall not be found	1
and shall not find	1
and that which was found	1
and there shall meet	1
and therein was found	1
and they presented	1
and they shall not be found	1
and they that found	1
and thou hast also found	1
and thou hast found	1
and thou hast not found	1
and what hast thou found	1
and wherefore have i not found	1
and ye shall find	1
and yet so they sufficed	1
any finding	1
are befallen	1
are come	1
as occasion	1
as one that findeth	1
as one that found	1
be certainly	1
be not found	1
be with us why then is all this befallen	1
because he hath found	1
because in him there is found	1
because they had found	1
behold he findeth	1
behold i have	1
but he found	1
but he found her	1
but i find	1
but i found	1
but it was not found	1
but lo i will deliver	1
but they were not found	1
can find out	1
can we find	1
canst thou find	1
come	1
every one that findeth me	1
every one that is found	1
every one that shall be found	1
for all that were present	1
for and there were found	1
for he found	1
for i cannot find	1
for i have not found	1
for thou hast found	1
for thou shalt find	1
for whoso findeth	1
found her	1
found him	1
from them but i found	1
gat hold	1
had gotten	1
hath found out	1
hath gotten	1
hath not been found	1
have taken hold	1
have they not sped	1
he be found	1
he causeth it to come	1
he found	1
her and it come to pass that she find	1
her but they found	1
him but he could not be found	1
him but i could not find	1
him he could not be found	1
him he was found	1
him lest he get	1
him or if he be found	1
i am found	1
i have found me out	1
i have not found	1
i may find	1
i pray thee whatsoever cometh	1
i shall find	1
i should find	1
if i have now found	1
if i shall find	1
if there be found	1
if thou meet	1
if ye find	1
is not enough	1
it but i found	1
it was found out	1
let us find	1
me and find	1
me findeth	1
me for he hath found	1
nay i pray thee if now i have found	1
needeth it let me find	1
nor finding	1
now there was found	1
now therefore i pray thee if i have found	1
of all that he hath	1
of them he found	1
of them they found	1
on them for they are found	1
or have found	1
or what there is present	1
out	1
ready	1
shall befall	1
shall he get	1
shall not be found	1
shall not find	1
shalt find	1
shalt find occasion	1
she findeth	1
should find	1
so shalt thou find	1
so that there shall not be found	1
that are left	1
that are present	1
that befell	1
that found	1
that had come	1
that hath befallen	1
that i may find	1
that is left	1
that shall come	1
that shall come on	1
that she shall not find	1
that they came to	1
that thou findest	1
that thou hast found	1
that ye have not found	1
thee that hath come	1
thee that i may find	1
them and shalt not find	1
them and they were found	1
them but shall not find	1
them that they may find	1
themselves to find	1
then he found	1
then thou shalt find	1
thence and found	1
thence he lighted	1
there and find	1
there shall not be found	1
there was not found	1
there were found	1
therein and ye shall find	1
thereof if ye can find	1
thereof neither is it found	1
thereon it shall not be found	1
they if we have found	1
this have i found	1
this have we found	1
thou art found	1
thou find	1
thou findest	1
thou hast found	1
thou shalt find	1
to her i found	1
to redeem	1
to restore	1
to them that find	1
until i find out	1
unto him he found	1
unto him i pray thee if i have found	1
unto him we have found	1
unto him why have i found	1
unto thee was he found	1
unto those that find	1
upon me i found	1
was not found	1
was there found	1
we cannot find him out	1
we found	1
we have found	1
we have found out	1
we may find	1
we shall find	1
what hast thou found	1
when he is found	1
when they can find	1
when thou hast found	1
when thou mayest be found	1
when ye find	1
where he could find	1
where he shall be found	1
where i may find	1
where i might find	1
which are here	1
which are present	1
which he found	1
which shall be found	1
which they found	1
which was found	1
which we found	1
while he may be found	1
who can find it out	1
will come	1
will find you out	1
with her and they be found	1
with them and among them all was found	1
with whom was found	1
ye can find	1
ye find	1
ye had not found out	1
ye shall find	1
ye shall not find	1
yet he shall not find	1
you that ye may find	1

Verses containing H4672

Page 2 of 9. 425 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 47:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
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Genesis 47:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
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Genesis 47:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
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Genesis 50:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
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Exodus 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
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Exodus 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
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Exodus 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
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Exodus 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
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Exodus 16:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.
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Exodus 16:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
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Exodus 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
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Exodus 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
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Exodus 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
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Source alternate reference: 22.1
Exodus 22:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
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Source alternate reference: 22.3
Exodus 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
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Source alternate reference: 22.5
Exodus 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
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Source alternate reference: 22.6
Exodus 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
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Source alternate reference: 22.7
Exodus 33:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
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Exodus 33:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
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Exodus 33:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
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Exodus 33:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
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Exodus 34:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
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Exodus 35:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
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Exodus 35:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.
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Leviticus 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
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Source alternate reference: 5.22
Leviticus 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
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Source alternate reference: 5.23
Leviticus 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.
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Leviticus 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
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Leviticus 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
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Leviticus 25:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
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Numbers 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
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Numbers 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
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Numbers 11:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
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Numbers 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
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Numbers 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,
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Numbers 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
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Numbers 31:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
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Numbers 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
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Numbers 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
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Numbers 35:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
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Deuteronomy 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
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Deuteronomy 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
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Deuteronomy 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
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Deuteronomy 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
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Deuteronomy 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
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Deuteronomy 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
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Deuteronomy 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
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