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1 Chronicles 13:2

let us send abroad The Heb. phrase is peculiar; let us send abroad widely, let the invitation be no limited one!

all the land of Israel R.V. mg. lands; cp. 2 Chronicles 11:23; 2Ch 15:5; 2 Chronicles 34:33.

the priests and Levites In Samuel no mention of the Levites is made in the account of the removal of the ark.

in their citiesand suburbs R.V. mg. in their cities that have pasture-lands. It is laid down in the Hexateuch that cities are to be assigned to the Levites with "suburbs for their cattle and for their substance, and for all their beasts." (Numbers 35:2-7; cp. Joshua 14:4; Joshua 21:2).

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