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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:39

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, etc.] Which Josephus f486 thus describes; “the country to the east, as far as Damascus the city, and upper Galilee, the Naphtalites took, unto Mount Lebanon, and the fountains of Jordan, which flow out of the mount, reaching the northern border of the city Arce:” according to their families; which was divided among them, according to the number of their families: the cities and their villages; before enumerated.
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