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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Joshua 5:10

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even--The time fixed by the law (see on Exo 12:17; Lev 23:5; Num 28:16). Thus the national existence was commenced by a solemn act of religious dedication.
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