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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 3:24

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the chief of the house of the fathers of the Gershonites, etc.] Who had the chief authority over them, and the chief direction of them in what they were to do: [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael; but who he was, or of which family of the Gershonites, whether of the Libnites or Shimites, is not said here or elsewhere; nor do the Jewish writers, who affect to know every thing, pretend to tell us.
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