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the_o congregation_n gnedah_n shall_v judge_v betwixt_o the_o slayer_n and_o the_o avenger_n of_o blood_n but_o it_o be_v expound_v jos._n 20._o 4._o and_o the_o slayer_n shall_v declare_v his_o cause_n before_o the_o elder_n of_o that_o city_n so_o deut._n 11_o 12_o 16_o 17._o thâ—se_a that_o be_v call_v the_o man_n of_o israel_n josh._n 9_o 6._o be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o church_n or_o congregation_n v_o 15._o so_o compare_n 2_o sam._n 7._o 7._o speak_v i_o one_o word_n with_o one_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n with_o 1_o chron._n 17._o 6._o speak_v i_o one_o word_n to_o any_o of_o the_o judge_n of_o israel_n so_o compare_v exodus_fw-la â—0_n 18_o 19_o all_o the_o people_n see_v the_o thunder_n v_o 19_o and_o they_o say_v to_o moses_n speak_v thou_o to_o we_o with_o deutronom_n 5._o 23._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o you_o hear_v the_o voice_n out_o of_o the_o mid_n of_o darkness_n that_o you_o come_v near_o to_o i_o even_o all_o the_o head_n of_o your_o 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