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According to the LORD’s commandment, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.
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Verse 50. Lord, by the mouth of Eleazar. Josue was content with one of the most barren parts of the country. He waits till all are provided for, shewing throughout his life a pattern of moderation and disinterestedness, which render him worthy to be considered as a figure of Jesus Christ, who reduced himself to the lowest state of abjection for our sakes. Calmet. See Calmet. 14:6. Menochius.—Ephraim. It was before called Gaas; and the city, which Josue enlarged, lay on the north side of it. Calmet. 24:30. Judges 2:9.
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