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Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
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highlands of the true Canaan, gather round them, and call them, not
unenvying, perhaps, their experience, 'The men that have crossed.'
The 'Hebrews of the Hebrews' in the heavens are those who have known
what it is to be pilgrims and sojourners, and to whom the promise
has been fulfilled in the last hour of their journey, 'When thou
passest through the river, I will be with thee.' _They_ teach
the angels a new song who sing, 'Thou hast led us through fire and
through water, and brought us into a wealthy place.'




GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAM


'And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now
toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to
number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him
for righteousness. And He said unto him, I am the Lord
that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give
thee this land to inherit it. And he said, Lord God,
whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And He
said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and
a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years
old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took
unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds
divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the
carcases, Abram drove them away. And when the sun was
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