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Gill's Exposition
And Jattir with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Jos 15:48,
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs; See Gill on Jos 15:50.
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…
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in…
The Cities of the Descendants of Aaron
9. And they gave We have now first a list of the cities of the priestsof the line of Aaron.
out of the tribe of the children of Judah The list now given divides…