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enemies that rose up against them, that he might get the inheritance for
Israel.
46:3. How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and
stretched out swords against the cities?
46:4. Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the
enemies.
46:5. Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?
46:6. He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted
him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of
exceeding great force.
46:7. He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and
in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
And in the descent... Of Beth-horon (Jos. 10.).
46:8. That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to
fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
46:9. 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.
46:10. 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.
46:11. 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:
46:12. That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to
obey the holy God.
46:13. Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not
corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,
46:14. That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out
of their place,
46:15. And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men
remaining unto their children.
46:16. Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God,
established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
46:17. 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.
46:18. And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the
God of light:
46:19. And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting
against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb
without blemish.
46:20. And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made
his voice to be heard.
46:21. And he crushed the p
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