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The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in
the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks,
God so overruled it that the priestly families were placed up...
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8. THE PORTION OF THE LEVITES
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. The Levites, the children of Aaron, and their portions (Joshua
21:1)_
2. Kohath (Joshua 21:9)
3. Gershon (Joshua 21:27)
4. Merari ...
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THE LEVITICAL CITIES. The cities promised by Moses to the Levites are
here assigned to them. The sons of Aaron have 13 in Judah, the Levites
10 in Ephraim and Manasseh, 13 in Galilee, and 12 in the E....
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BETH-SHEMESH. Some codices, with four early printed editions,
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and Beth-shemesh"....
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_Ain_, see Joshua 15:32; Joshua 19:7; _Juttah_, Joshua 15:55;
_Beth-shemesh_, Joshua 15:10....
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The Cities of the Descendants of Aaron
9. _And they gave_ We have now first a list of the cities _of the
priests_of the line of Aaron.
_out of the tribe of the children of Judah_ The list now given...
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_VER._ 10-18. _WHICH THE KOHATHITES HAD; FOR THEIR'S WAS THE FIRST
LOT_— Thus the Levite priests had for their part, as well _in Simeon
as in Judah, Hebron,_ excepting the country about it, which was...
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_Cities Given to the Family of Aaron Joshua 21:9-19_
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of
the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here
mentioned by...
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THE ASSIGNMENT OF FORTY-EIGHT CITIES TO THE LEVITES
2. The injunction to Moses was given in the plains of Moab, and is
recorded in Numbers 35:2.
3-8. Number and localities of the cities distributed...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 21
TOWNS FOR THE *LEVITES – JOSHUA 21:1-45...
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וְ אֶת ־עַ֣יִן וְ אֶת ־מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָ וְ
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES.
Joshua 21:1.
ONCE and again we have found reference made to the fact that Levites
received no territorial inheritance among their brethren (Joshua
13:...
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Jacob's prophecy concerning Simeon and Levi: I will divide them in
Jacob, And scatter them in Israel, was fulfilled in the case of Levi
in the distribution of the tribe through all the other tribes. W...
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Joshua 21:1-42 tells the cities that were given to the Levites so they
would have a place to keep their cattle (compare Numbers 35:1-8).
Verses 43-45 tell us God gave Israel all the land he had promis...
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Ain and Jeta. Septuagint of Grabe agrees with the Vulgate. But the
Vatican copy (Haydock) has, "Asa....and Tanu." In 1 Paralipomenon vi.
59, only Asan and Bethsemes are mentioned. Several other variat...
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I include all these verses in one point of view for the sake of
shortness. If the Reader be desirous to look at them more
particularly, he will discover how admirably they were all arranged
and dispos...
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In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power.
Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have
to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24.
Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not
only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand
and kno...
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AND AIN WITH HER SUBURBS,.... Joshua 15:32;
AND JUTTAH WITH HER SUBURBS; Joshua 15:55;
[AND] BETHSHEMESH WITH HER SUBURBS; which is not mentioned among the
cities of Judah, Joshua 15:21; only as
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_And Ain_ Ain and Gibeon, and some others here named, are not named 1
Chronicles 6:59. Either they were destroyed in some of those invasions
wherewith their land was grievously wasted before that time...
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1 Eight and fortie cities giuen by lot, out of the other tribes, vnto
the Leuites.
43 God gaue the land, and rest vnto the Israelites, according to his
promise.
1 THEN came neere the heads of the fa...
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and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes,
all of them being mentioned in the catalog of the cities of Judah and
of...
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THE CITIES OF THE PRIESTS...
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CITIES GIVEN TO THE LEVITES
(vs.1-42)
Since the Levites were not given a tribal inheritance as were the
other tribes, it was necessary that they should have cities among all
the tribes Their represe...
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9-42 By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to
see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was
their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blame...
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AIN here, and _Gibeon_ JOSHUA 21:17, and some others here named, are
not named 1CH 6, either because they were destroyed in some of those
hostile invasions and wars wherewith their land was grievously...
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Joshua 21:16 Ain H5871 common-land H4054 Juttah H3194 common-land
H4054 Shemesh H1053 common-land H4054 nine H8672 cities...
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‘ And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with her
suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with her
suburbs, and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her subur...
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CONTENTS: Land divisions; portions for Levites.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: God performs His promises to the utmost (Joshua 21:45) and
if in anything the promise seems to come short, the sa...
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Joshua 21:2. _Suburbs for our cattle._ The levites sharing the tithe
of corn, only needed cattle, which were tithed as well as the corn;
but they were either burnt on the altar, or consumed in feasts...
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_Unto the Levites _. .. _ these cities._
MINISTERS LIBERALLY TREATED
The liberality both of God and of His people to the ministers of God
is here very marvellous, in giving forty-eight cities to this...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 21:1 In Numbers 35:1, THE LORD COMMANDED
THROUGH MOSES that 48 cities (including the six cities of refuge) be
assigne
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_THE CITIES FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 21:1. The heads of the fathers] On this phrase, cf. note on
chap. Joshua 14:1. The fathers of the tribe of Levi were Gershon,
Kohath,...
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EXPOSITION
THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES.
JOSHUA 21:1
THEN CAME NEAR THE HEADS OF THE FATHERS OF THE LEVITES. We are not to
suppose, with Calvin, that the Levites had been overlooked. Such a
suppos...
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In chapter twenty-one we read,
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to the Eleazar
the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun (Joshua 21:1),
The priests were saying, "Now, look we k...
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1 Chronicles 6:59; 1 Samuel 6:12; 1 Samuel 6:9; Joshua 15:10; Joshu
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And Ain — Ain and Gibeon, and some others here named are not named,
1 Chronicles 6:59. Either they were destroyed in some of those
invasions wherewith their land was grievously wasted before that time...