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Strong Concordance	1Ch 25:30	The three [07969] and twentieth [06242] to Mahazioth [04238], he, his sons [01121], and his brethren [0251], were twelve [08147] [06240]:

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Word	Easton Dictionary - Definition
MAHAZIOTH	visions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians (1 Chr. 25:4, 30).

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
THREE	The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13.

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THREE

The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13.

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