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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 13._o some_o person_n deny_v the_o follow_a verse_n to_o belong_v to_o moses_n but_o a_o omer_n be_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o a_o ephah_n because_o when_o a_o measure_n be_v in_o use_n it_o be_v not_o customary_a to_o define_v it_o and_o therefore_o they_o believe_v that_o after_o the_o hebrew_n be_v scatter_v into_o several_a country_n and_o consequent_o begin_v to_o use_v the_o measure_n of_o other_o nation_n this_o be_v purposely_o write_v that_o they_o may_v understand_v which_o measure_n be_v mean_v in_o this_o history_n the_o same_o be_v observe_v about_o their_o money_n numb_a 3.47_o chap._n 18.16_o but_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o the_o jew_n use_v any_o other_o measure_n in_o palestine_n so_o as_o to_o make_v it_o necessary_a to_o define_v the_o old_a measure_n nor_o do_v a_o ephah_n seem_v to_o be_v better_o know_v than_o a_o omer_n but_o moses_n who_o institute_v the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n may_v design_o give_v a_o short_a description_n of_o the_o coin_n and_o measure_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o may_v not_o afterward_o be_v change_v 14._o the_o sacred_a historian_n thus_o begin_v deut._n 1.1_o these_o be_v the_o word_n which_o moses_n speak_v to_o all_o israel_n on_o this_o side_n jordan_n in_o the_o wilderness_n from_o whence_o they_o gather_v that_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o book_n be_v then_o in_o canaan_n but_o we_o have_v discuss_v the_o ambiguity_n of_o the_o particle_n bheber_n upon_o yet_o upon_o m._n le_fw-fr clerk_n have_v promise_v the_o world_n a_o paraphrase_n and_o comment_n upon_o the_o other_o four_o book_n of_o moses_n but_o they_o have_v not_o see_v the_o light_n as_o yet_o that_o place_n of_o deuteronomy_n to_o which_o we_o refer_v the_o reader_n 15._o in_o the_o same_o book_n chap._n 2.12_o there_o be_v some_o word_n which_o they_o pretend_v can_v never_o come_v from_o moses_n the_o horim_n dwell_v in_o sur_n before_o time_n but_o the_o child_n of_o eâ—au_n succeed_v they_o when_o they_o have_v destroy_v they_o 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territory_n he_o be_v king_n than_o among_o the_o ammonite_n who_o be_v none_o of_o his_o subject_n but_o moses_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o give_v a_o particular_a account_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v well_o know_v at_o that_o time_n indeed_o but_o will_v have_v be_v unknown_a to_o posterity_n unless_o he_o have_v deliver_v it_o in_o writing_n as_o for_o what_o concern_v the_o bed_n how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v carry_v into_o another_o kingdom_n who_o can_v tell_v but_o since_o there_o be_v no_o absurdity_n in_o this_o story_n nothing_o can_v be_v gather_v from_o a_o thing_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o be_v altogether_o unknown_a 17._o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n v._o 14._o we_o meet_v with_o the_o follow_a passage_n jair_v the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n take_v all_o the_o country_n of_o argob_n unto_o the_o coast_n of_o geshuri_n and_o maacathi_o and_o call_v they_o after_o his_o own_o name_n bashan-havoth-jair_a unto_o this_o day_n we_o shall_v handle_v this_o matter_n more_o at_o 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