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Psalms 105:12

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 105:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

When they were but a few men in number; literally, when they were men of number; i.e. when they could be easily counted. A few scores at the utmost, or, with their entire households, a few hundreds (; ).

Yea, very few, and strangers in it; i.e. "in the land of Canaan" (comp. ).

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