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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 35:1

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the Lord spake to Moses, etc.] After he had described the borders of the land, and given instructions about the division of it among the several tribes, and named the persons that should be concerned in parting and putting it into the possession of the Israelites, he makes a provision for the Levites; for though they had no inheritance in the land as a tribe, yet it was proper they should have cities and houses to dwell in; for it would not be suitable that they should be always about the tabernacle, as they were in the wilderness; and it is concerning this the Lord is said to speak to Moses, in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho: where the Israelites now were, and had been for some time: saying; as follows.
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