Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	israel_n	moses_n	people_n	14,862	5	5.0734	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27394	Moses's charge to Israel's judges opened in an assise sermon preached at Salisbury, Feb. 27, 1680, before the Right Honourable Sr. Thomas Jones ... / by John Bennion ...	Bennion, John, b. 1650 or 1.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1890; ESTC R20777	10,356	27

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