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the_o rest_n to_o answer_v to_o they_o which_o they_o do_v i_o suppose_v in_o the_o follow_a word_n verse_n 18_o ver._n 18._o the_o prince_n i._n e._n the_o lxx_o elder_n and_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n dig_v the_o well_o very_o easy_o only_o turn_v up_o the_o earth_n with_o their_o staff_n the_o noble_n of_o the_o people_n dig_v it_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o choir_n perhaps_o take_v up_o the_o song_n again_o repeat_v the_o sense_n of_o what_o the_o former_a company_n have_v say_v by_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n or_o together_o with_o the_o lawgiver_n who_o begin_v the_o work_n and_o who_o example_n they_o follow_v with_o their_o staff_n with_o no_o more_o labour_n but_o only_o thrust_v their_o staff_n into_o the_o ground_n and_o turn_v up_o the_o earth_n for_o as_o r._n levi_n be_v gersom_a take_v it_o the_o ground_n here_o be_v sandy_a and_o very_a soft_a be_v easy_o penetrate_v though_o they_o be_v not_o likely_a to_o find_v water_n in_o it_o but_o they_o 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from_o whence_o they_o send_v their_o friendly_a message_n to_o he_o v._o 21._o which_o moses_n in_o two_o deut._n 26._o call_n word_n of_o peace_n and_o he_o come_v to_o jahaz_n a_o city_n it_o be_v probable_a belong_v to_o the_o moabite_n whether_o the_o israelite_n perhaps_o retreat_v when_o sihon_n deny_v they_o a_o passage_n through_o his_o country_n for_o isaiah_n plain_o mention_n jahaz_n as_o a_o place_n either_o in_o the_o country_n of_o moab_n or_o near_o it_o xv._o 4._o and_o jeremiah_n also_o call_v it_o jahazah_n xlviii_o 21._o and_o fight_v against_o israel_n who_o have_v order_n from_o god_n not_o to_o decline_v the_o battle_n as_o they_o do_v with_o the_o edomite_n and_o the_o moabite_n and_o assure_v they_o of_o victory_n two_o deut._n 31._o
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verse_n 28_o ver._n 28._o and_o levy_v a_o tribute_n unto_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o man_n of_o war_n etc._n etc._n the_o lord_z be_v their_o sovereign_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o tribute_n due_a to_o he_o out_o of_o that_o which_o they_o have_v take_v in_o war_n as_o a_o grateful_a acknowledgement_n that_o they_o owe_v their_o success_n to_o he_o one_o soul_n of_o five_o hundred_o both_o of_o the_o person_n i._n e._n of_o the_o woman_n and_o the_o child_n and_o of_o the_o beef_n and_o of_o the_o ass_n and_o of_o the_o sheep_n the_o hebrew_n word_n tzon_n signify_v goat_n as_o well_o as_o sheep_n and_o both_o be_v here_o intend_v the_o lxx_o express_v they_o both_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o camel_n which_o it_o seem_v their_o country_n be_v not_o stock_v withal_o at_o this_o time_n see_v v._o 34_o etc._n etc._n what_o i_o have_v note_v upon_o xxxvii_o gen._n 25._o this_o tribute_n to_o god_n be_v but_o a_o very_a small_a proportion_n in_o comparison_n with_o what_o their_o 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