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hebrew_n doctor_n think_v that_o the_o river_n jordan_n be_v so_o call_v because_o it_o spring_v out_o of_o dan_n and_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v the_o learned_a hoffman_n in_o his_o lexicon_fw-la universale_fw-la pag._n 526._o there_o be_v another_o dan_n yet_o distinct_a from_o laish-dan_a and_o it_o be_v a_o hill_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n on_o the_o road_n from_o samaria_n to_o sichem_n if_o there_o be_v then_o several_a dans_fw-fr it_o may_v probable_o be_v suppose_v that_o even_o in_o abraham_n time_n there_o may_v be_v some_o place_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o dan_o if_o not_o the_o hill_n dan_n on_o the_o road_n from_o samaria_n to_o sichem_n at_o least_o the_o fountain_n dan_n spring_v out_o of_o mount_n libanus_n i_o answer_v second_o moses_n in_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n may_v call_v laish_n dan_n by_o a_o historical_a prolepsis_n as_o foresee_v that_o it_o will_v lose_v the_o name_n of_o laish_n and_o be_v call_v and_o know_v only_o by_o the_o name_n of_o 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which_o moses_n write_v do_v not_o hinder_v moses_n from_o be_v just_o account_v the_o author_n of_o the_o pentateuch_n the_o change_n of_o a_o word_n or_o two_o by_o god_n spirit_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o god_n people_n in_o after_o age_n be_v no_o sufficient_a reason_n to_o change_v the_o name_n of_o the_o book_n and_o to_o denominate_v it_o anew_o from_o the_o person_n by_o who_o it_o please_v god_n to_o make_v such_o a_o change_n but_o though_o i_o write_v thus_o yet_o i_o shall_v not_o easy_o grant_v that_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la there_o have_v be_v such_o a_o alteration_n make_v in_o the_o name_n before_o mention_v until_o it_o be_v first_o clear_o and_o certain_o prove_v which_o no_o man_n that_o i_o know_v have_v yet_o do_v i_o be_o sure_a p._n simon_n have_v not_o do_v it_o three_o he_o object_n gen._n 36._o 31._o it_o be_v probable_a say_v p._n simon_n that_o moses_n can_v not_o have_v write_v these_o word_n and_o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o the_o land_n 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to_o be_v but_o sixty_o nine_o answer_v this_o difficulty_n if_o it_o deserve_v that_o name_n have_v be_v clear_v already_o where_o it_o be_v show_v that_o jacob_n himself_o do_v make_v the_o seventieth_n let_v any_o man_n count_v they_o and_o set_v aside_o jacob_n son_n wife_n and_o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n who_o die_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n he_o will_v find_v that_o the_o sum_n total_a take_v in_o jacob_n as_o head_n of_o his_o own_o house_n be_v just_a seventy_o six_o he_o object_n numb_a 3._o 39_o where_o be_v reckon_v twenty_o two_o thousand_o but_o if_o we_o join_v all_o the_o number_n together_o there_o remain_v three_o hundred_o above_o the_o account_n i_o answer_v by_o distinguish_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o the_o 39th_o verse_n thus_o all_o the_o male_n of_o the_o levite_n that_o be_v number_v and_o be_v to_o be_v devote_v unto_o the_o lord_n in_o exchange_n for_o the_o first-born_a of_o the_o other_o tribe_n be_v twenty_o two_o thousand_o and_o no_o more_o i_o grant_v it_o as_o be_v the_o genuine_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n all_o the_o male_n of_o the_o levite_n that_o be_v number_v and_o be_v partly_o already_o holy_a and_o devote_v and_o partly_o to_o be_v devote_v unto_o the_o lord_n be_v twenty_o two_o thousand_o and_o no_o more_o i_o deny_v it_o as_o not_o be_v the_o genuine_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n i_o ground_n my_o distinction_n upon_o this_o that_o all_o the_o male_n of_o the_o levite_n of_o what_o sort_n soever_o be_v number_v from_o a_o month_n old_a and_o upward_o now_o among_o they_o all_o of_o necessity_n there_o must_v be_v a_o certain_a number_n that_o be_v first-born_a male_n and_o all_o such_o first-born_a levites_n as_o have_v be_v bear_v from_o the_o time_n of_o israel_n come_n out_o of_o egypt_n unto_o the_o time_n of_o that_o reckon_n be_v already_o sanctify_v unto_o the_o lord_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n and_o be_v his_o own_o devote_v unto_o he_o as_o appear_v from_o exod._n 13._o 2_o 13._o and_o from_o the_o 13_o verse_n of_o this_o same_o three_o chapter_n of_o number_n these_o first-born_a levite_n than_o can_v not_o be_v substitute_v in_o the_o stead_n of_o the_o first-born_a of_o the_o other_o tribe_n and_o so_o become_v holy_a and_o devote_v unto_o the_o lord_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n for_o as_o first-born_a they_o be_v already_o the_o lord_n they_o be_v holy_a and_o devote_v unto_o god_n they_o therefore_o must_v have_v be_v except_v and_o leave_v out_o of_o the_o number_n of_o levite_n that_o be_v to_o be_v exchange_v for_o the_o first-born_a of_o the_o other_o tribe_n and_o so_o to_o be_v appropriate_v unto_o god_n and_o his_o service_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n but_o we_o plain_o see_v that_o three_o hundred_o levites_n be_v leave_v out_o therefore_o it_o be_v on_o this_o account_n that_o they_o be_v the_o lord_n already_o as_o they_o be_v first-born_a the_o rest_n that_o be_v not_o thus_o the_o lord_n already_o be_v fit_a matter_n to_o be_v sanctify_v 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