al H5921

עַל (al) means “upon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַל Hebrew · H5921 5,771 tagged occurrences in 4,490 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5921A

עַל · al · upon

prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative)

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TBESH · H5921B

[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] · [ki] al [ken] · as

conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV glosses: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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How translators render H5921

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
on	762
over	289
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to	197
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therefore	74
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above	45
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
about	30
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
beside	24
according to	23
along	23
from me	23
on him	22
against it	21
you	21
was in charge of	20
him	19
for him	18
upon him	18
for you	17
them	17
and against	16
over us	16
so	16
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on you	15
to you	15
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was over	15
around	13
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me	13
why	13
against us	12
facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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as	11
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it	8
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her	7
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administrator	6
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east	4
here	4
in addition to	4
in command	4
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it pleases	4
of you	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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across	3
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
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it into	3
next to	3
next to it	3
nor	3
on account of	3
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my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
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than	2
the city	2
their	2
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with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
a message	1
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above you	1
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and show me	1
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at you in scorn	1
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back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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being responsible for	1
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both	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
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company	1
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crossing	1
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despite	1
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entrusted with	1
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foes	1
for battle against her	1
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for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
from atop	1
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from each of them	1
from fighting against	1
from her	1
from her shoulder	1
from here	1
from it	1
from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
had been assigned to	1
had charge	1
had charge of	1
hagar by	1
has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
he wrote on	1
her husband	1
here because of	1
here by	1
his own	1
his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
in addition to them	1
in addition to these	1
in charge	1
in charge of them	1
in front of it	1
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in his presence	1
in me	1
in mourning for	1
in my presence	1
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is rewarded for his ways	1
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is with	1
it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
lies in	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
may be before	1
may you have	1
moreover	1
must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
now tamar was wearing	1
of all	1
of him	1
of him instead	1
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
of them	1
of your body	1
off my people	1
oil into	1
on aaron	1
on account	1
on account of her	1
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on each of	1
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on the altar	1
on the bodies	1
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on this altar	1
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over edom	1
over her	1
over me is	1
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over the boy again	1
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over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
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reaches to	1
regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
so by	1
some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
standing on	1
still in	1
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supporting	1
tenderly to	1
that	1
that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
that is on them	1
that spirit on	1
that spirit on them	1
that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
the envoys gladly	1
the load	1
the lord	1
the nursing child	1
the oil on	1
the ropes off	1
the space above	1
the steward	1
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themselves to	1
then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
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they were responsible for	1
they will attack	1
they will attack us	1
things against	1
this happened because	1
this to	1
though	1
to ahaz	1
to assist	1
to be in charge of	1
to fall into	1
to fight	1
to himself	1
to his people	1
to meet	1
to mount it on	1
to my sorrow	1
to reach	1
to that city	1
to the city	1
to the fire	1
to your	1
to your yoke	1
toward them	1
toward us	1
turned against them	1
turned away from her	1
turns on	1
unanswered	1
up	1
up on	1
upon elisha	1
upon himself	1
upon myself	1
upon yourself	1
upon yourselves	1
was above	1
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
was reclining	1
was under	1
was upon	1
was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
were above	1
were arranged	1
were assigned to	1
were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
were responsible for	1
were still covering	1
what you have in	1
when	1
wherever	1
while those facing	1
who supervised	1
who was at	1
will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
will be set against	1
will come against	1
will grow even	1
will he	1
will remain on	1
will turn to	1
with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
yet	1
yet he watches over	1
you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
you for	1
you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
you would	1
your bags to	1
your doom	1
your downfall	1
your responsibility	1
yourself in	1
yourselves above	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
beside	3
upon	3
above	2
against	2
by	2
in	2
according to	1
after	1
against them touching	1
among	1
and	1
and from	1
as	1
because	1
beyond the time	1
both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
from off	1
from out	1
him according	1
him of	1
how long	1
in that	1
near	1
of them had the charge of	1
off	1
on	1
out	1
over	1
over us	1
than	1
than they	1
them out of	1
thereof from	1
throughout	1
to	1
to him concerning	1
with	1

Verses containing H5921

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Deuteronomy 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
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Deuteronomy 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
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Deuteronomy 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
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Deuteronomy 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
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Deuteronomy 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
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Deuteronomy 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
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Deuteronomy 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
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Deuteronomy 28:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
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Deuteronomy 28:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
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Deuteronomy 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
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Deuteronomy 28:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
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Deuteronomy 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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Deuteronomy 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
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Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
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Deuteronomy 28:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 28:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
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Deuteronomy 28:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
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Deuteronomy 28:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
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Deuteronomy 28:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
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Deuteronomy 28:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
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Deuteronomy 28:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
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Deuteronomy 28:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
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Deuteronomy 28:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 28:63 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
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Deuteronomy 29:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
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Source alternate reference: 29.4
Deuteronomy 29:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
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Source alternate reference: 29.23
Deuteronomy 29:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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Source alternate reference: 29.24
Deuteronomy 29:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.
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Source alternate reference: 29.26
Deuteronomy 29:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
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Source alternate reference: 29.27
Deuteronomy 30:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
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Deuteronomy 30:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
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Deuteronomy 30:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
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Deuteronomy 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
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Deuteronomy 30:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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Deuteronomy 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
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Deuteronomy 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
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Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
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Deuteronomy 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
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Deuteronomy 31:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
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Deuteronomy 32:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
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Deuteronomy 32:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
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Deuteronomy 32:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
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Deuteronomy 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
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Deuteronomy 32:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
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Deuteronomy 32:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
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Deuteronomy 32:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
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Deuteronomy 32:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
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Deuteronomy 32:51 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
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