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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 32:8

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The right of inheritance is thine - Hanameel therefore had no children, and at his death the land would have been Jeremiah’s by right of birth. According to the Law Numbers 35:5, it must have been part of the suburbs of Anathoth, within less than a mile, which was all the priests and Levites might cultivate. return to 'Top of Page'
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