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John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 2:21

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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A people great and many, and tall as the Anakims, etc.] As the Emims were, (<050210>Deuteronomy 2:10) but the Lord destroyed them before them; destroyed the Zamzummims before the children of Amman; or otherwise they would have been an too much for them, being so numerous, and of such a gigantic stature: and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead; and in this way, and by these means, he gave them their land for a possession, (<050219>Deuteronomy 2:19).
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