OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 18:9

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The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

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Verse 9. Book. Hebrew “described it, according to the cities, into seven parts, in a volume,” ( Bible.) or table, resembling a map. The ancients commonly wrote on boards covered with wax, and engraved on stone, lead, and so forth

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