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Selected Verse: Psalms 78:55 - Strong Concordance

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Ps 78:55 Strong Concordance He cast out [01644] the heathen [01471] also before [06440] them, and divided [05307] them an inheritance [05159] by line [02256], and made the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to dwell [07931] in their tents [0168].
  King James He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
by line--or, the portion thus measured.

divided them--that is, the heathen, put for their possessions, so tents--that is, of the heathen (compare Deu 6:11).
 
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11 And houses [01004] full [04392] of all good [02898] things, which thou filledst [04390] not, and wells [0953] digged [02672], which thou diggedst [02672] not, vineyards [03754] and olive trees [02132], which thou plantedst [05193] not; when thou shalt have eaten [0398] and be full [07646];
7 Now therefore divide [02505] this land [0776] for an inheritance [05159] unto the nine [08672] tribes [07626], and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519],