And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
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Gill's Exposition
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites,.... The descendants of the youngest son of Levi, who were all that remained of the Levites unprovided of cities:
out of the…
Merarite cities. Some of these places are not found in the list of Zebulonite cities in Jos 19:10-16. The text is considered corrupt.
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 Merarites
34. And unto the families of the children of Merari were assigned twelve cities, viz.,
(a) Four in Zebulun,
(b) Four in Reuben,
(c) Four in Gad.
Jokneam See Jos 19:11;…
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