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“The great king, the lord of all the earth, says: ‘Behold, you shall go out from my presence, and take with you men who trust in their strength, to one hundred twenty thousand footmen and twelve thousand horses with their riders.
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Verse 5. Commandment. Greek adds, he must demand “earth and water,” as an acknowledgment of his dominion, and that all necessaries of life belonged to him. This custom prevailed in Persia. Herod. iv. 123. Polyb. xix. Brisson iii.
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