1 occurrence

'Edict' in the Bible

And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this.

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Decree (141 instances)
Dictation (8 instances)
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