Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 47:26
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Genesis47:26
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part : except the land of the Priests only, which became not Pharaohs.
That the propriety of the land should be Pharaohs, and that in token thereof the people should pay the fifth part of the products of it to Pharaoh.
Marginal references: Or, Princes.
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