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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Casiphia: Casiphia is supposed to denote the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, near the Caspian Sea. It is evident, from a comparison of Ezr 7:9 with Ezr 8:31, that Casiphia could not be far from Ahava. I told them: Heb. I put words in their mouth, Exo 4:15; Deu 18:18; Sa2 14:3, Sa2 14:19; Jer 1:9, Jer 15:19 the Nethinims: Ezr 2:43, Ezr 2:58, Ezr 7:7 ministers: Num 8:22-26, Num 18:6; Ch1 23:3-6, Ch1 23:26-32; Tit 1:5 Ezra 8:18
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