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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 21:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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21:8 The pasturelands were grazing ground surrounding the cities. The repetition of this word throughout the list (21:8-42) gave the allotment the character of a legal record, guaranteeing the Levites access to lands immediately surrounding each of the Levitical cities (Num 35:4-5).
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