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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.
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].
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...
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.
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;...
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.
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].
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...
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Heshbon with her suburbs,.... Which was formerly the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and was first given to and rebuilt by the Reubenites, but was upon the border of the tribe of Gad; and appears from hence to have been one of their cities, Numbers 21:26; Jazer with her suburbs; sometimes called Jaazer, another city in the same country,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,.... Which were distributed by lot to them, according to the number of their families, and were sufficient for them: which were remaining of the families of the Levites; the last division of them, besides those of the Kohathites, Levites, and the Gershonites: were [by] their lot twelve...
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All the cities of the Levites, within the possession of the children of Israel,.... As comprised in one sum total: [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs; which is just the number that Moses from the mouth of God ordered to be given unto them, before they entered into the land, and before they were in possession of one city in it,...
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These cities were everyone with their suburbs round about them,.... Which reached to the space of two thousand cubits on every side; and such a space was assigned to everyone of the above cities for their cattle, to keep them in and lay up provision for them: thus [were] all their cities; six of them cities of refuge, and forty two for the priests...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers,.... It was all given them by lot, whether subdued or not subdued, and the far greater part was actually put into their hands, and they had as much as they could for the present occupy and cultivate; and such as were in the hands of the Canaanites, were subject to...
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And the Lord gave them rest round about,.... Not only from their travels, with which they had been fatigued forty years in the wilderness, but from wars with the Canaanites they had been engaged in for some years past: according to all that he sware unto their fathers; not only to give them the land, but peace, rest, and safety in it: and there...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There failed not ought of any good thing,.... Not only every good thing in general, but every part and particular of that good thing; that, with all that was included in it, or were appendages to it, or circumstances of it: which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel; as of their deliverance out of Egypt, and passage through the Red sea and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Joshua 22 The war with the Canaanites being ended, Joshua called to him the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, who came over Jordan with him to assist in it, and commended them for their obedience to Moses and to himself, and to God by them; and then dismissed them, with some instructions to keep the ways...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. The promise of God to Israel being fulfilled, the land of Canaan being for the most part subdued, the war at an end, and rest had on all sides from their enemies, and the land divided among the nine tribes and an half, and they settled in the quiet possession of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And said unto them, ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you,.... Which was, that they should leave their wives and children, and flocks, and herds, behind them in the land of Gilead, and pass over Jordan, with their brethren the children of Israel armed, and fight with them, and for them, until the Canaanites were...
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Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day,.... For the space of fourteen years, which is the commonly received notion of the Jews (f); seven years according to them the land was subduing, and seven more spent in dividing it, and then these tribes were sent for and dismissed; all this time they stayed close by their brethren, and...