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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 21:42

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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These cities were everyone with their suburbs round about them, etc.] Which reached to the space of two thousand cubits on every side; and such a space was assigned to everyone of the above cities for their cattle, to keep them in and lay up provision for them: thus [were] all their cities; six of them cities of refuge, and forty two for the priests and Levites to dwell in, and for the commodious use of their herds and flocks.
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