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That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
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And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.
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And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.
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And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:
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That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.
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Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,
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That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,
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And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.
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Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
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By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.
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And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light: