“Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
because we are members of his body.
And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.’”
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