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be_v give_v to_o phineas_n his_o son_n with_o who_o it_o be_v probable_a his_o father_n live_v for_o though_o the_o priest_n have_v their_o city_n by_o lot_n in_o other_o tribe_n namely_o judah_n simeon_n and_o benjamin_n see_v ch._n 21.4_o yet_o that_o the_o high_a priest_n may_v be_v near_o to_o joshua_n the_o governor_n who_o dwell_v in_o mount_n ephraim_n and_o that_o he_o may_v inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o upon_o any_o special_a occasion_n and_o that_o he_o may_v be_v near_o to_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o at_o this_o time_n be_v in_o shiloh_n it_o be_v like_a eleazar_n loc_n eleazar_n donarunt_fw-la forsan_fw-la hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la honorarium_fw-la eleazaro_n ut_fw-la joshuae_fw-la contiguus_fw-la habitaret_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la a_o filio_fw-la cognominatus_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la anonym_n in_o loc_n here_o live_v and_o be_v now_o here_o bury_v josh_n ch._n 24._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n cxxii_o we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n 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forth_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o tribe_n more_o full_o sect_n cxxiv_o jethro_n family_n call_v kenites_n that_o have_v come_v up_o with_o joshua_n and_o israel_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o dwell_v in_o their_o tent_n which_o be_v ever_o their_o way_n of_o live_v about_o jericho_n the_o city_n of_o palm-tree_n among_o the_o people_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o judah_n have_v now_o clear_v his_o portion_n in_o so_o good_a a_o measure_n that_o they_o begin_v to_o spread_v into_o new_a plantation_n these_o kenites_n go_v along_o with_o they_o and_o settle_a themselves_o with_o they_o in_o the_o south_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o amalekite_n and_o so_o in_o saul_n time_n be_v mingle_v among_o they_o see_v 1_o sam._n 15.6_o these_o kenites_n be_v the_o root_n of_o the_o rechabite_v of_o who_o more_o be_v
a_o deadly_a hatred_n as_o appear_v joh._n 4._o 9_o the_o main_a difference_n between_o they_o in_o point_n of_o religion_n be_v brief_o and_o clear_o state_v in_o those_o word_n of_o the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n to_o our_o saviour_n our_o father_n viz._n samaritan_n worship_v in_o this_o mountain_n viz._n gerizim_n but_o you_o jew_n say_v that_o in_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o place_n where_o man_n ought_v to_o worship_n joh._n 4.20_o and_o observable_a it_o be_v that_o whereas_o moses_n appoint_v a_o altar_n to_o be_v build_v on_o mount_n ebal_n which_o joshua_n according_o afterward_o erect_v in_o that_o place_n josh_n 8.30_o yet_o the_o samaritan_n penteteuch_n make_v the_o same_o to_o be_v build_v on_o mount_n gerizim_n in_o the_o very_a place_n where_o afterward_o this_o mock-temple_n stand_v to_o gain_v thereto_o the_o great_a reputation_n of_o holiness_n and_o so_o they_o wilful_o deprave_v the_o original_n vide_fw-la samarit_fw-la pentet_fw-la in_o deut._n 27.4_o but_o if_o 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give_v he_o over_o to_o be_v mislead_v by_o rash_a and_o evil_a counsellor_n and_o thereupon_o alienate_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o people_n from_o he_o intend_v thereby_o to_o perform_v the_o word_n that_o he_o speak_v by_o ahijah_n the_o shilonite_n concern_v jeroboam_n this_o sharp_a and_o rigorous_a answer_n of_o the_o king_n give_v such_o a_o general_a distaste_n to_o the_o people_n that_o they_o will_v no_o long_o stay_v to_o advise_v upon_o it_o but_o ten_o of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n unanimous_o manifest_v a_o present_a and_o peremptory_a resolution_n to_o fall_v off_o from_o he_o and_o mutter_v after_o this_o manner_n what_o portion_n say_v they_o have_v we_o in_o david_n allude_v david_n see_v the_o like_a speech_n of_o sheba_n 2_o sam._n 20.1_o to_o which_o possible_o they_o allude_v that_o be_v what_o good_a can_v we_o expect_v from_o david_n stock_n or_o what_o inheritance_n have_v we_o in_o the_o son_n of_o jesse_n what_o advantage_n or_o profit_n can_v we_o expect_v 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