All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their families,.... Which were divided among them, according to the number of their families:
were thirteen cities with their suburbs; two out of the…
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…
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…