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do_v not_o only_o write_v to_o his_o own_o age_n wherein_o his_o father_n and_o grandfather_n be_v well_o know_v but_o likewise_o to_o the_o follow_a age_n to_o who_o he_o seem_v in_o this_o place_n to_o direct_v his_o discourse_n and_o not_o to_o his_o contemporary_n who_o know_v all_o these_o particular_n well_o enough_o it_o be_v of_o consequence_n for_o they_o to_o know_v that_o aaron_n the_o brother_n of_o moses_n be_v descend_v from_o levi_n and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o head_n of_o the_o sacerdotal_a family_n therefore_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o seem_v strange_a to_o any_o one_o that_o in_o this_o place_n moses_n and_o aaron_n be_v as_o it_o be_v point_v at_o and_o their_o genealogy_n show_v to_o the_o israelite_n of_o future_a age_n 12._o the_o word_n of_o exodus_fw-la 16.35_o be_v allege_v which_o they_o pretend_v can_v not_o be_v write_v till_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n do_v eat_v manna_n forty_o year_n until_o they_o come_v to_o a_o land_n inhabit_v they_o do_v eat_v manna_n until_o they_o come_v unto_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o joshua_n that_o manna_n do_v not_o cease_v till_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n to_o this_o some_o answer_n that_o moses_n fore-knew_a as_o be_v evident_a from_o number_n 14.33_o that_o the_o manna_n will_v cease_v after_o the_o end_n of_o forty_o year_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o israelite_n enter_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o this_o be_v here_o relate_v and_o not_o foretell_v and_o therefore_o moses_n use_v the_o preterperfect_a tense_n comederunt_fw-la do_v eat_v for_o which_o reason_n i_o shall_v rather_o choose_v to_o say_v that_o this_o verse_n as_o well_o as_o some_o more_o have_v be_v add_v to_o the_o text_n by_o way_n of_o parenthesis_n occasion_v by_o what_o immediate_o go_v before_o where_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o omer_n full_a of_o manna_n to_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o ark._n 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