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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Joshua 20:6

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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until the death of the high priest--His death secured the complete deliverance of the manslayer from his sin, only because he had been anointed with the holy oil (Num 35:25), the symbol of the Holy Ghost; and thus the death of the earthly high priest became a type of that of the heavenly one (Heb 9:14-15).
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