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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 6:24

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein, etc.] As Babylon the great, of which this city was an emblem, as has been observed, (see Gill on “<060620>Joshua 6:20”); will be burnt with fire also, (<661808>Revelation 18:8); only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord; (see Gill on “<060619>Joshua 6:19”).
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