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and in Hazar-shual, and in Beersheba and the towns of it,
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Returning to Ancestral Lands
Commentators note that the towns listed, such as Beer-sheba, are the same ones mentioned in the book of Joshua as part of Judah's original inheritance. This detail is significant because it shows the returning exiles were re-establishing their homes in their ancestral, God-given lands, demonstrating historical and covenantal continuity.
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Nehemiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Joshua 15:27-39; Joshua 18:21–28.
19th Century
Anglican
The leaders in the country.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Nehemiah 11:25)
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