For indeed; rather, And also; not by natural causes alone, but by the hand of God, i.e. by special penal judgments also, were they troubled and destroyed (cf. Numbers 16:31, etc.; Numbers 17:12, Numbers 17:13; Numbers 21:6; Numbers 25:1-9).
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Deuteronomy 2:15
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