5As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
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And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The historian, having in the foregoing chapter given an account of the disposal of the countries on the other side Jordan, now comes to tell us what they did with the countries in the land of Canaan. They were not conquered to be left desert, a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls , Isa. 34:13. No, the Israelites that had hitherto been closely encamped in a body, and the greatest part of t…
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