And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
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Gill's Exposition
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,.... The descendants of the second son of Levi:
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh; that which was settled beyond Jordan:
they…
Compare Jos 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…
Adam Clarke
Golan in Bashan - On this and the other cities of refuge mentioned here, see the note on Jos 20:7.
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 Gershonites
27. And unto the children of Gershon were assigned thirteen cities,
(a) Two in Eastern Manasseh,
(b) Four in Issachar,
(c) Four in Asher,
(d) Three in Naphtali.
Golan…
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