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21. Though hand join in hand. Literally, “hand to hand.” This phrase has been variously interpreted. The LXX renders it, “he that unjustly strikes hands.” The striking or grasping of hands may refer to the means by which men attested truth. We may see here also a suggestion of the great confederacy of evil by which Satan has sought to win this world for his own domain, and also of the confederacies of wicked men who defy God, persecute His people, and claim finally to have made a covenant with death so as to escape punishment (see Isa. 8:12; 28:15, 18; GC 560, 561).

Throughout the history of the great controversy, evil men have banded together to oppress the people of God only to find that the Defender of the righteous is mightier than the great deceiver with whom they have made an agreement (see 2 Chron. 20:1-25; Neh. 4:7-15).