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Barnes' Notes on Exodus 12:19

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Born in the land - A stranger or foreigner might be born in the land, but the word here used means “a native of the land,” belonging to the country by virtue of descent, that descent being reckoned from Abraham, to whom Canaan was promised as a perpetual inheritance. return to 'Top of Page'
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