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John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 2:34

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And we took all his cities at that time, etc.] As Heshbon, and others mentioned in (<042125>Numbers 21:25,30,32 32:3,34-38), and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones of every city, we left none to remain; for the Amorites were one of the seven nations who were devoted to destruction, the measure of whose iniquity was now full, and therefore vengeance was taken.
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