OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 9:22

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Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

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Verse 22. Lots. Hebrew “them (the Chanaanites, or as it is more commonly understood, the Israelites,) into corners.” Calmet.—Septuagint “by lot they possessed,” and so forth Bible.—Sehon was king of Hesebon. Numbers 21:26. Calmet.

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