Numbers 35:2-8 Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give also to the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. Torrey's Topical Textbook
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus ... united host is stated to have comprised forty thousand men ... These cities had also to reckon with Ephraim, and the ... Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his ... /.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm
The Iranian Conquest ... visible, as also the flight of eight steps by ... Julius Africanus, attribute to him only forty-nine; historians ... time the passion of the Greek cities for autonomy. ... /.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm