John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 21:40

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, etc.] Which were distributed by lot to them, according to the number of their families, and were sufficient for them: which were remaining of the families of the Levites; the last division of them, besides those of the Kohathites, Levites, and the Gershonites: were [by] their lot twelve cities; four out of the tribe of Zebulun, four out of the tribe of Reuben, and four out of the tribe of Gad, whose names are before given,

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