Joshua 21:1
A list of the Levitical cities, varying in some particulars from that given in this chapter, is also, given in 1 Chronicles 6:54.... [ Continue Reading ]
A list of the Levitical cities, varying in some particulars from that given in this chapter, is also, given in 1 Chronicles 6:54.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTEEN CITIES - This number is said to be too great for the single family of Aaron. But it appears 1 Chronicles 24 that the two surviving sons of Aaron, Eleazar and Ithamar, had together 24 sons, the heads of the priestly families. Since Aaron was 123 years old when he died Numbers 33:39, his sons... [ Continue Reading ]
The non-priestly Kohathites had been diminished by the destruction of Korah and his company Numbers 16. On comparing Numbers 26:57 following with Numbers 3:27 ff, two of the families of the Kohathites seem to have disappeared altogether. Hence, it is not surprising that the rest of the Kohathites we... [ Continue Reading ]
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 upon the spot which He had determined before hand to choose as the site of His temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the cities of the non-priestly Kohathites, for Kibzaim we find Jokmeam in 1 Chronicles 6:68. This is perhaps another name for the same place, since both names may be derived from roots having a similar meaning; and for Gath-rimmon in 1 Chronicles 6:70, Bileam is given, and probably correctly; Gat... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare Joshua 19:18, etc. Of the cities of the Gershonites, for Beesh-terah read (Beeshterah.) The name is a contraction of Beth-Ashterah (“house of Ashterah”) and the city is undoubtedly the Ashtaroth or Astaroth of Og Joshua 12:4; Deu 1:4; 1 Chronicles 6:71.... [ Continue Reading ]
Merarite cities. Some of these places are not found in the list of Zebulonite cities in Joshua 19:10. The text is considered corrupt.... [ Continue Reading ]
After this verse, the Septuagint introduces a passage (in part a repetition from Joshua 19:49), recording the grant of a special inheritance to Joshua, and also that he buried at Timnath-serah the flint-knives with which he had circumcised (Joshua 5:2 note) the people after the passage of Jordan. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no real inconsistency between the declarations of these verses and the fact that the Israelites had not as yet possessed themselves of all the cities allotted to the various tribes Judges 1:21 - nor did at any time, subdue the whole extent of country promised to them Numbers 34:1. God had f... [ Continue Reading ]