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He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
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Verse 16. Places. Septuagint “in all these holy places.” Some take Bethel to mean the city, where the ark was, ( Calmet.) or the holy of holies, in the tabernacle, at Silo, and so forth Bible.—The northern tribes might meet him at Bethel; those on the east of the Jordan, at Galgala, of Benjamin; and the tribes of Juda, Simeon, and Dan, might have an opportunity of hearing the holy prophet, and decide their controversies, at Masphath. Calmet.—Thus Samuel gave an excellent instruction to pastors and governors, to watch over their people. Bible.
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