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jeremiah 31:39 "And the measuring line shall go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.

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      39. measuring-line-- (Eze 40:8; Zec 2:1).
      Gareb--from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy"; the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed.
      Goath--from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was northwest [JUNIUS].

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