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before_o moab_n be_v israel_n open_a enemy_n â—â—dges_v three_o 12_o in_o cast_v the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n observe_v that_o the_o time_n of_o the_o afflicter_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o chap._n iii._o cusham_n rishathaim_n oppress_v seven_o year_n and_o othniel_n judge_v forty_o these_o seven_o year_n must_v be_v include_v in_o the_o forty_o and_o not_o be_v count_v as_o fortyseven_a st._n paul_n reckon_v they_o at_o extent_n act_v xiii_o 20_o he_o give_v they_o judge_n about_o the_o space_n of_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n sect_n x._o i._n samuel_n etc._n etc._n the_o seventeen_o first_o chapter_n of_o 1_o sam._n lie_v without_o scruple_n of_o interposition_n or_o transposition_n xvii_o chap._n i._o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o book_n to_o chap._n xvii_o from_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n forward_o the_o psalm_n proverb_n etc._n etc._n fall_v in_o in_o their_o time_n and_o order_n as_o for_o the_o psalm_n it_o be_v 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