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Strong Concordance	Jos 2:16	And she said [0559] unto them, Get [03212] you to the mountain [02022], lest the pursuers [07291] meet [06293] you; and hide [02247] yourselves there three [07969] days [03117], until the pursuers [07291] be returned [07725]: and afterward [0310] may ye go [03212] your way [01870].

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
MEET	Agreeable; fit; proper.

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THREE	The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13.

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THREE

The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13.

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