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John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 9:23

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, etc.] Fulfilling the promise made to Abraham, (<011505>Genesis 15:5 22:17 <050110> Deuteronomy 1:10) their number when they came out of Egypt, and just before they entered into the land of Canaan, being upwards of 600,000 men, besides women and children, (<021237>Exodus 12:37 <041121>Numbers 11:21 26:51) and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it; the land of Canaan, promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their seed, into which the Lord brought them by Joshua; he was the instrument, but the thing was of God.
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