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John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 1:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And ye answered me and said, etc.] As the speech of Moses to the people is not expressed before, so neither this answer of theirs to him: the thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do; to look out for and present persons to him as before described; this they saw was for their own good and profit, as well as for the ease of Moses, and therefore readily agreed to it.
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