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deut._n 4._o 32_o to_o 41._o exod._n 20._o 24_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o verse_n deut._n 4._o 7._o 7._o exod._n 20._o 17._o leu._n 19_o 17_o 18._o 18._o exod._n 21._o 13._o deut._n 19_o 19_o levit._fw-la 25._o 23_o etc._n etc._n etc._n exod._n 21._o 1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n deut._n 15._o 12_o to_o 19_o &_o 24._o 14_o 15._o 15._o deut._n 15._o 6_o to_o 12._o exod._n 22_o 25_o 26_o 27._o 27._o exod._n 22._o 21._o levit._fw-la 19_o 33._o 34._o 34._o exod._n 22._o 22_o 23_o 24._o 24._o exod._n 20._o 12._o &_o 22._o 28._o deut._n 17._o 11._o 11._o deut._n 1._o 16_o 17._o &_o 17._o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o &_o 25._o 1._o
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anakim_v for_o caleb_n that_o first_o take_v kirjath-arba_a from_o the_o anakim_v be_v the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n josh_n 14._o 6._o &_o 1_o chron._n 4._o 15._o but_o it_o be_v express_o write_v of_o caleb_n say_v to_o be_v the_o father_n of_o hebron_n that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o hezron_n 1_o chron._n 2._o 9_o 18_o 19_o 42._o but_o hezron_n go_v into_o egypt_n with_o jacob_n gen._n 46._o 12._o therefore_o his_o son_n caleb_n must_v have_v live_v long_o before_o moses_n and_o can_v not_o be_v the_o same_o with_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n who_o be_v but_o forty_o year_n old_a when_o moses_n send_v he_o to_o espy_v out_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n josh_n 14._o 7._o yet_o three_o grant_v that_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n and_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o hezron_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o man_n and_o that_o he_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o hezron_n only_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n because_o he_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o hezron_n as_o masius_n pag._n 243._o think_v that_o hezron_n be_v but_o his_o grandfather_n or_o great_a grandfather_n etc._n etc._n i_o say_v this_o be_v grant_v it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o kirjath-arba_a be_v first_o call_v hebron_n from_o hebron_n the_o son_n of_o caleb_n on_o the_o contrary_a hebron_n the_o son_n of_o caleb_n may_v take_v his_o name_n from_o the_o city_n hebron_n the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o father_n the_o like_a seem_v to_o have_v happen_v unto_o gilead_n the_o son_n of_o machir_n 1_o chron._n 2._o 21._o he_o seem_v to_o have_v receive_v his_o name_n from_o mount_n gilead_n the_o place_n of_o his_o father_n inheritance_n deut._n 3._o 15._o for_o
certain_a it_o be_v that_o he_o do_v not_o first_o give_v it_o its_o name_n because_o jacob_n have_v do_v that_o long_o before_o as_o appear_v from_o gen._n 31._o 47_o 48_o 54._o masius_n have_v one_o objection_n which_o i_o must_v answer_v kirjath-arba_a say_v he_o be_v a_o old_a name_n of_o that_o city_n therefore_o hebron_n be_v a_o new_a name_n i_o answer_v this_o be_v but_o a_o weak_a conjecture_n for_o it_o may_v have_v two_o old_a name_n one_o among_o the_o canaanite_n and_o the_o other_o among_o the_o israelite_n as_o it_o seem_v bethel_n have_v of_o which_o bethel_n it_o be_v say_v judg._n 1._o 23._o the_o name_n of_o it_o before_o be_v luz_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o israelite_n call_v that_o city_n by_o the_o name_n of_o bethel_n long_o before_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n take_v it_o from_o the_o canaanite_n some_o part_n of_o the_o country_n very_o near_o it_o be_v most_o certain_o call_v bethel_n from_o jacob_n time_n and_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a that_o the_o city_n itself_o from_o that_o time_n forward_o begin_v to_o be_v call_v sometime_o bethel_n by_o jacob_n posterity_n even_o jacob_n himself_o seem_v to_o make_v luz_n to_o be_v all_o one_o with_o bethel_n because_o bethel_n strict_o so_o call_v be_v near_o luz_n gen._n 48._o 3._o say_v jacob_n god_n almighty_n appear_v to_o i_o at_o luz_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o bless_v i_o but_o in_o chap._n 35._o verse_n 1_o 3._o the_o same_o city_n be_v call_v bethel_n and_o be_v so_o call_v at_o that_o time_n both_o by_o god_n speak_v unto_o jacob_n and_o by_o jacob_n speak_v unto_o his_o family_n say_v god_n unto_o he_o arise_z go_v up_o to_o bethel_n and_o dwell_v there_o and_o say_v he_o to_o his_o family_n let_v we_o arise_v and_o go_v up_o to_o bethel_n which_o they_o do_v and_o so_o come_v to_o luz_n that_o be_v bethel_n verse_n 6._o and_o jacob_n there_o in_o luz_n build_v a_o altar_n and_o call_v the_o place_n of_o the_o altar_n el-bethel_n verse_n 7._o from_o 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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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