Solomon's Wisdom

16 Then two prostitutes came to the king (A)and stood before him.

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A Wise Ruling

16 Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

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16 (A)when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I (B)make them know the statutes of God and his laws.”

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16 Whenever they have a dispute,(A) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”(B)

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Jephthah Delivers Israel

11 Now (A)Jephthah the Gileadite was (B)a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

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11 Jephthah(A) the Gileadite was a mighty warrior.(B) His father was Gilead;(C) his mother was a prostitute.(D)

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And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

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and stood before Moses,(A) Eleazar the priest, the leaders(B) and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting(C) and said,

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Rahab Hides the Spies

And Joshua the son of Nun (A)sent[a] two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went and came into the house of (B)a prostitute whose name was (C)Rahab and lodged there.

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Footnotes

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Rahab and the Spies

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies(A) from Shittim.(B) “Go, look over(C) the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.(D)” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab(E) and stayed there.

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17 “None of the (A)daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none (B)of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

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17 No Israelite man(A) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.(B)

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29 (A)“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.

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29 “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute,(A) or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.(B)

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13 The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.

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13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.

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