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Josh. 22:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But taket diligent
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
heed
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the commandment
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
and the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
, which Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
the servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
charged
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
you, tou love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and to walk
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
in all his ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, and to keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
, and to cleave
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
w unto him, and to serve
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
x him with all your heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
and with all your soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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Deut. 6:6,17• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.
 17{i}Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.{/i} (Deut. 6:6,17)
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Deut. 11:22• 22{i}For if ye diligently keep all this commandment which I command you this day to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him,{/i} (Deut. 11:22)
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1 Chron. 28:7‑8• 7{i}And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be firm to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.{/i}
 8{i}And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, —keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you forever.{/i} (1 Chron. 28:7‑8)
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Jer. 12:16• 16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, Jehovah liveth, as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. (Jer. 12:16)
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Deut. 10:12• 12{i}And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,{/i} (Deut. 10:12)
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Acts 11:23• 23who on arriving and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide by the Lord. (Acts 11:23)
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Josh. 24:14• 14{i}And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.{/i} (Josh. 24:14)
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1 Sam. 12:20,24• 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
 24Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you. (1 Sam. 12:20,24)

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God,
Heart,
Law,
Moses,
Servant,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ex. 15:26• 26{i}And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.{/i} (Ex. 15:26)
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Deut. 4:1‑2,6,9• 1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Jehovah God of your fathers giveth you.
 2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
 6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons. (Deut. 4:1‑2,6,9)
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Deut. 6:6‑9,17• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.
 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, {i}and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.{/i}
 8{i}And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.{/i}
 9{i}And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.{/i}
 17{i}Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.{/i} (Deut. 6:6‑9,17)
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Deut. 11:22• 22{i}For if ye diligently keep all this commandment which I command you this day to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him,{/i} (Deut. 11:22)
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1 Chron. 28:7‑8• 7{i}And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be firm to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.{/i}
 8{i}And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, —keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you forever.{/i} (1 Chron. 28:7‑8)
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Psa. 106:3• 3Blessed they that keep judgment,{HR}He that doeth righteousness at every time. (Psa. 106:3)
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Psa. 119:4‑6• 4Thou hast commanded thy precepts,{HR}To keep [them] diligently.
 5O that my ways were established{HR}To keep thy statutes!
 6Then shall I not be ashamed{HR}In my looking to all thy commandments. (Psa. 119:4‑6)
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Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart more than all thou guardest;{HR}For out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)
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Isa. 55:2• 2Wherefore do ye weigh money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa. 55:2)
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Jer. 12:16• 16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, Jehovah liveth, as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. (Jer. 12:16)
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Heb. 6:11‑12• 11But we desire earnestly that each of you should show the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope until the end,
 12that ye become not sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering inherit the promises. (Heb. 6:11‑12)
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Heb. 12:15• 15looking carefully lest [there be] Anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up give trouble and through it [the] many be defiled; (Heb. 12:15)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 5But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
 6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
 7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
 8For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble. (2 Peter 1:5‑10)
love.
Ex. 20:6• 6{i}and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.{/i} (Ex. 20:6)
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Deut. 6:5• 5And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deut. 6:5)
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Deut. 10:12‑13• 12{i}And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,{/i}
 13{i}to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good?{/i} (Deut. 10:12‑13)
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Deut. 11:1,13• 1{i}Thou shalt love then Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments continually.{/i}
 13{i}And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,{/i} (Deut. 11:1,13)
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Matt. 22:37• 37{i}And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.{/i} (Matt. 22:37)
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John 14:15,21‑23• 15If ye love me, keep my commandments;
 21He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; but he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
 22Judas, not the Iscariot, saith to him, Lord, [and] how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?
 23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:15,21‑23)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
 17He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
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Rom. 8:28• 28But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose. (Rom. 8:28)
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James 1:12• 12Blest [is] a man who endureth trial; because, having been put to the proof, he shall receive the crown of life which he promised to those that love him. (James 1:12)
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James 2:5• 5Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)
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1 John 5:2‑3• 2Herein we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments.
 3For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:2‑3)
cleave.
Josh. 23:8• 8{i}but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.{/i} (Josh. 23:8)
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Deut. 4:4• 4But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day. (Deut. 4:4)
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Deut. 10:20• 20{i}Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.{/i} (Deut. 10:20)
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Deut. 13:4• 4{i}Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye hear; and ye shall serve him, and unto him shall ye cleave.{/i} (Deut. 13:4)
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Acts 11:23• 23who on arriving and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide by the Lord. (Acts 11:23)
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Rom. 12:9• 9Let love [be] unfeigned, abhorring evil, cleaving to good; (Rom. 12:9)
serve.
Josh. 24:14‑15• 14{i}And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.{/i}
 15{i}And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.{/i} (Josh. 24:14‑15)
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1 Sam. 7:3• 3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you. Prepare ye hearts unto Jehovah, and serve Him only; {i}and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.{/i} (1 Sam. 7:3)
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1 Sam. 12:20,24• 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
 24Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you. (1 Sam. 12:20,24)
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Matt. 4:10• 10{i}Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.{/i} (Matt. 4:10)
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Matt. 6:24• 24{i}No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.{/i} (Matt. 6:24)
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Luke 1:74• 74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear, (Luke 1:74)
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John 12:26• 26If anyone serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my servant shall be; if anyone serve me, him will my Father honour. (John 12:26)
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Acts 27:23• 23For an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood by me this night, (Acts 27:23)
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Rom. 1:9• 9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always at my prayers (Rom. 1:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Only, take great heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

W. Kelly Translation

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Only, take great heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)