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the LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. App-4.
children. sons.
we. So written, but read "they". Some codices have "they", both written and read, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.
melted. See note on Joshua 2:9; Joshua 2:11.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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said. See note on Joshua 3:7.
again. the second time. Not repeated as an act on the person, but on the nation on. second occasion (compare for this usage Isaiah 11:11 and Jude 1:5, implying that the rite was performed in Egypt. See verses: Joshua 5:4-7.
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men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish or 'enosh. App-14.
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People. nation. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "generation",
obeyed not. hearkened not unto.
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abode. 11th to 13th Abib.
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rolled away. Hebrew gallothi. Hence Gilgal. rolling.
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kept the passover. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Manuscript of Aramaic, add "in the first [month]". The second of the ten Passovers recorded. See note on Exodus 12:28.
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the morrow. Feast of unleavened bread ended 21st Abib at even, exactly forty years from Exodus 12:41.
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fruit. produce.
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when. Between 16th and 21st Abib.
a Man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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Captain, or Prince.
host. Israel as Jehovah's host. Compare Exodus 12:41.
worship. Therefore Divine. Compare Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:9.
my Lord. A donai. App-4.
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Loose thy shoe. Compare Exodus 3:5. The origin of. solemn Eastern custom of reverence observed to this day. Compare Exodus 3:5.
is holy. Hebrew "it [is] holy". See note on Exodus 3:5.