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How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
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Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.
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Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?
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He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
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And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and in the descent of Beth-horon he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.
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In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.
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And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were preserved to bring them in to the heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
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The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:
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That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
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And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
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Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.