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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Which the children of Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites,.... Who descending from Kohath, in the line of Aaron, were priests: [who were] of the children of Levi, had; they were Levites, as descending from Levi, but were priests also, as being of the stock of Aaron, and the cities hereafter mentioned in the said tribe fell to their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they gave them the city of Arba, the father of Anak,.... Which from him was called Kirjatharba, Joshua 14:15; and Anak, according to Kimchi, is not the name of a man, but a general name, comprehending the Anakims, a race of giants, among whom Arba was the chief and principal man, a prince and ruler over them, as Ben Melech: which [city is]...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof,.... Which lay beyond the two thousand cubits: gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, for his possession; as Moses had promised, and Joshua had confirmed to him; and now the children of Israel gave them to him, and put him in the possession of, Joshua 14:6; and the same is to be observed of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest,.... The families of the Kohathites, that part of them which descended from him, and were priests: Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; that had slain a person unawares, and without design; see on Joshua 20:3; and Libnah with her suburbs; a royal city, of which see...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jattir with her suburbs,.... [See comments on Joshua 15:48]; and Eshtemoa with her suburbs; [See comments on Joshua 15:50].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Holon with her suburbs,.... [See comments on Joshua 15:51]; and Debir with her suburbs; [See comments on Joshua 15:49].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Ain with her suburbs,.... [See comments on Joshua 15:32]; and Juttah with her suburbs; [See comments on Joshua 15:55]; [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; which is not mentioned among the cities of Judah, Joshua 15:21; only as in the borders of it, Joshua 21:10; and perhaps is the same Bethshemesh to which the ark was directed by the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,.... See Gill "Joshua 18:25"; from which came the Gibeonites. Geba with her suburbs. Of which [See comments on Joshua 18:24].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Anathoth with her suburbs,.... This is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Joshua 18:11; it was the native place of the Prophet Jeremiah, [See comments on Jeremiah 1:1]; it lay about two or three miles north of Jerusalem; three, says, Jerom (k). Rauwolff (l) speaks of it as a small village, when he travelled into those parts, and as lying...
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.
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.
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...
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.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs,.... [See comments on Joshua 19:44]; Gibbethon with her suburbs, [See comments on Joshua 19:44].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Aijalon with her suburbs,.... [See comments on Joshua 19:42]; Gathrimmon with her suburbs, four cities; [See comments on Joshua 19:45].
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...
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...
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...
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].
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.