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grace | mercy
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behav%
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h_t
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" "
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מואבי מואביּה מואביתmô'âbı̂y mô'âbı̂yâh mô'âbı̂yth
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translating H4125
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2 verses
translating H4125
in Deuteronomy
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Deuteronomy
2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
2:29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.