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Joshua 21:19

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,.... Those of the Kohathites that came from him: [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs; and just so many are mentioned by name in Joshua 21:11.

Joshua 21:20

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites,.... Who were not priests: which remained of the children of Kohath; these are the children of Moses, as Jarchi says, and those that descended from Kohath in the lines of Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim; and were as follow.

Joshua 21:21

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

For they gave them Shechem, with her suburbs, in Mount Ephraim,.... Of which see Joshua 20:7; [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; which being on a mountain, was the more conspicuous, and the fitter for this purpose, as was Hebron in the hill country of Judea, Joshua 21:11; this is the second; city of refuge mentioned: and Gezer with her...

Joshua 21:22

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And Kibzaim with her suburbs,.... Which seems to, be the same with Jokneam, 1 Chronicles 6:68; of it we read nowhere else; and Bethhoron with her suburbs; upper Bethhoron, for there were two, an upper and a nether: see Joshua 16:3; four cities; as mentioned by name.

Joshua 21:25

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs,.... Of which see Joshua 17:10; and Gathrimmon with her suburbs, there was a city of this name in Dan, as in Joshua 21:24; nor was it unusual for cities to be called by the same name in different tribes: two cities; these are called Aner and Bilean in 1 Chronicles 6:70; in process of...

Joshua 21:26

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

All the cities [were] ten, with their suburbs,.... Four out of Ephraim, four out of Dan, and two out of the half tribe of Manasseh: which were for the families of the children of Kohath that remained: who were of the other branch of the Kohathites, and who did not descend from Aaron, and were only Levites, and not priests; [See comments on Joshua...

Joshua 21:27

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,.... The descendants of the second son of Levi: out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh; that which was settled beyond Jordan: [they gave] Golan in Bashan, with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; see Joshua 20:8; this is the third city of refuge mentioned: and...

Joshua 21:28

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,.... From whence the river Kishon probably had its name, or the city from that; it is the same with Kishion, Joshua 19:20; and called Kedesh, 1 Chronicles 6:72. Dabareh with her suburbs; the same with Daberath on the border of Zebulun, [See comments on Joshua 19:12].

Joshua 21:29

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Jarmuth with her suburbs,.... Called Ramoth, 1 Chronicles 6:73; very probably the same with Remeth, Joshua 19:21; Engannim with her suburbs; called Anem, 1 Chronicles 6:73; four cities; so many are mentioned by name.

Joshua 21:30

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs,.... The same with Misheal, Joshua 19:26; called Mashal, 1 Chronicles 6:74; Abdon with her suburbs; not mentioned among the cities of Asher, unless the same with Hebron, Joshua 19:28.

Joshua 21:31

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Helkath with her suburbs,.... [See comments on Joshua 19:25]; the same with Hukok in 1 Chronicles 6:75; and Rehob with her suburbs, four cities; [See comments on Joshua 19:28].

Joshua 21:32

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,.... Of which see Joshua 20:7; [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; this is the fourth city of refuge mentioned: and Hammothdor with her suburbs; the same with Hammon, 1 Chronicles 6:76; and with Hammath, Joshua 19:35; and is thought by some to be Tiberias, so called from the...

Joshua 21:33

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their families,.... Which were divided among them, according to the number of their families: [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs; two out of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, four out of Issachar, four out of Asher, and three out of Naphtali.

Joshua 21:34

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites,.... The descendants of the youngest son of Levi, who were all that remained of the Levites unprovided of cities: out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs; which lay near Carmel, and was a royal city; [See comments on Joshua 12:22]; and Kartah with her suburbs;...

Joshua 21:35

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Dimnah with her suburbs,.... Nowhere mentioned, unless the same with Rimmon, 1 Chronicles 6:77; Nahalal with her suburbs; see Joshua 19:15; four cities; only two are mentioned, 1 Chronicles 6:77; and they by different names; the one is Rimmon, before observed, and the other Tabor; perhaps the same with Chislothtabor, Joshua 19:12.

Joshua 21:36

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs,.... Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see Joshua 20:8; and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz, [See comments on Numbers 21:23].

Joshua 21:37

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Kedemoth with her suburbs,.... Near to which was a wilderness of that name; see Deuteronomy 2:26; and Mephaath with her suburbs; of which [See comments on Joshua 13:18]; where the two preceding cities are mentioned along with it: four cities, Joshua 21:35, are not in some ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, as is noted by the Masorites; but are in...

Joshua 21:38

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And out of the tribe of Gad,.... Which also, as that of Reuben, lay on the other side Jordan: Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs; of which see Joshua 20:8; [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and is the sixth and last city of refuge in this account: and Mahanaim with her suburbs; here it was the angels met Jacob, which gave rise to the name of...

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