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Nevertheless the people be strong ... — The spies adopted the words of Exodus 3:8, flowing with milk and honey, …

Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land ,
&c.] Though so plentiful and fruitful and desirable to …

We may wonder that the people of Israel stayed forty days for the return of their spies, when they were ready to enter Canaan, under all the assura…
Charles Ellicott
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