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Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 11:3

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Joshua11:3

3 And to the Canaanite on the east, and on the west , and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon , in the land of Mizpeh .

The Canaanites properly so called, lived part of them on the East near Iordan, and part on the West near the Sea, and both are here united.

That dwelt under Mount Hermon in the North of Canaan, whereby they are differenced from those Hivites who lived in Gibeon, of which before.

That Mizpeh which was in the Northern part of Gilead, of which Gen. 31. 49. Iudg. 11. 29. But there were other Cities called by that name, which signifying a Watchingplace, might be easily applied to several places of good prospect. Besides this, there is one Mizpeh of Iudah, Josh. 15. 38. another of Benjamin, Josh. 18. 26. a third in Moab, 1 Sam. 22. 3.

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