Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
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- Acts 21:9 : 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
- Gen 30:13 : 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
- Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Judg 4:4 : 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
- 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
- Job 5:26 : 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
- Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- Acts 2:18 : 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
- 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
- Rev 7:6 : 6 Of the tribe of Aser we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses we sealed twelve thousand.
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