Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel, the few dwellers in the ruins of the cities of Israel, speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. Their argument was: If Abraham as an individual person received the land of Canaan for his possession, then surely the same God will not deny to us, the many rightful heirs of Abraham, the possession thus solemnly transmitted to him.

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