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Barnes' Notes on Nehemiah 11:20

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The returned community, though consisting mainly of members of the two tribes, represented the entire people of Israel. The ground, however, which they occupied, was not the whole land, but that which had constituted the kingdom of Judah. return to 'Top of Page'
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