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they_o shall_v show_v thou_o etc._n etc._n 2_o chro._n 19_o 8._o moreover_o in_o jerusalem_n do_v jehosaphat_n set_v of_o the_o levite_n and_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o father_n in_o israel_n for_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o for_o controversy_n deut._n 21._o 2._o then_o thy_o elder_n and_o judge_n shall_v come_v forth_o and_o shall_v measure_v etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 5._o and_o the_o priest_n the_o son_n of_o levi_n shall_v come_v near_o and_o by_o their_o word_n shall_v every_o stroke_n and_o every_o controversy_n be_v try_v deut._n 19_o 17._o both_o the_o man_n between_o who_o the_o controversy_n be_v shall_v stand_v before_o the_o lord_n before_o the_o priest_n and_o judge_n ezek._n 44._o 24._o and_o in_o controversy_n they_o shall_v stand_v in_o judgement_n and_o they_o shall_v judge_v it_o according_a to_o my_o judgement_n the_o big_a number_n be_v civil_a elder_n 17._o elder_n numb_a 11._o 16._o gather_v to_o i_o seventy_o man_n of_o 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