Joshua 20:8
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
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Gill's Exposition
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward,.... In the country possessed by the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh:
they assigned Bezer in the wilderness, upon the plain,…
We have here the nomination of the cities of refuge in the land of Canaan, which was made by the advice and authority of Joshua and the princes (Jos 19:7); and upon occasion of the mention of this is…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Bezer was the most southerly of the cities chosen on the east of the Jordan. It was in the same latitude as Jericho.
in the wilderness upon the plain On or near the upland "downs" of Reuben, probably…
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