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And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Joshua was himself of the tribe of Ephraim, but far from supporting the demands of his kinsmen, he reproves them and calls upon them to make good t…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Joshua answered them
By retorting their own argument upon them:

if you are a great people

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Joshua, as a public person, had no more regard for his own tribe than for any other, but would govern without favoritism or partiality; in this, he…

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