37 See Vaux, p. 253.



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38 Ibid., pp. 252-4.



1056

39 Ibid., p. 259.



1057

40 See ibid., p. 265.



1058

41 Ibid, р. 256, quoting A. Bertholet, Kulturgeschichte Israels, 1919, p. 23.



1059

42 Ibid, p. 266, cf. the works of Movers and Bochart, Hie-rozoicon, 1675, col. 
702—3.



1060

43 Hesse, p. 212.



1061

1 Ex. 2: 10; Propp, Exodus 1—18: A New Translation with Introduction and 
Commentary, p. 152..



1062

2 Propp, p. 152.



1063

3 Ex. 6: 16.



1064

4 Num. 3: 33, 35; 26: 57.



1065

5 Num. 3: 17; 1 Chron. 5: 27; 6: 1.



1066

6 Easton, The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, s.v. «Merari», pp. 457-8.



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