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Deuteronomy 3:16

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16 and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave from Gilead to the river Arnon, the middle of the valley being the boundary, as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the sons of Ammon;

Commentary on this verse  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 16. And the natural mind from the pleasure in doing good, into which man is first initiated when he becomes regenerate (Gilead), to the first perceptions of spiritual truth conjoined thereto in external things, comes under the dominion of true faith in the Lord and works thence derived, even to the first insinuation of spiritual truth into good (Jabbok), which is the boundary between external and internal religion.



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