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Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Three men for each tribe - that is, 21 in all. Their duty would be to describe the land, especially with reference to the cities it containe…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Give out from among you three men, etc. Caleb and Joshua had already surveyed those regions, and the people had learned much by inquiry. J…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Give out from among you three men for [each] tribe
That is, for each of the seven tribes, in all twenty one; though some think…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heave…

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