_THEN CAME NEAR THE HEADS OF THE FATHERS OF THE LEVITES UNTO ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, AND UNTO JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN, AND UNTO THE HEADS OF THE FATHERS OF THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;_ Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites - the most venerable and distinguished members of the t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SPAKE UNTO THEM AT SHILOH IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, SAYING, THE LORD COMMANDED BY THE HAND OF MOSES TO GIVE US CITIES TO DWELL IN, WITH THE SUBURBS THEREOF FOR OUR CATTLE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LOT CAME OUT FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE KOHATHITES: AND THE CHILDREN OF AARON THE PRIEST, WHICH WERE OF THE LEVITES, HAD BY LOT OUT OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF SIMEON, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN, THIRTEEN CITIES._ The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. T... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE REST OF THE CHILDREN OF KOHATH HAD BY LOT OUT OF THE FAMILIES OF THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF DAN, AND OUT OF THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH, TEN CITIES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY GAVE OUT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF SIMEON, THESE CITIES WHICH ARE HERE MENTIONED BY NAME,_ They gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name. Most or all of them have been previously noticed in connection with other passages.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHICH THE CHILDREN OF AARON, BEING OF THE FAMILIES OF THE KOHATHITES, WHO WERE OF THE CHILDREN OF LEVI, HAD: FOR THEIRS WAS THE FIRST LOT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AIN WITH HER SUBURBS, AND JUTTAH WITH HER SUBURBS, AND BETH-SHE'MESH WITH HER SUBURBS; NINE CITIES OUT OF THOSE TWO TRIBES._ Ain. The true reading is obviously Ashan, as in 1 Chronicles 6:59. It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Law-giver that the cities of the priests lay... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN, GIBEON WITH HER SUBURBS, GEBA WITH HER SUBURBS,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES WITHIN THE POSSESSION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE FORTY AND EIGHT CITIES WITH THEIR SUBURBS._ All the cities of the Levites ... were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. This may appear too great a proportion compared with those of the other tribes, and it fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE CITIES WERE EVERY ONE WITH THEIR SUBURBS ROUND ABOUT THEM: THUS WERE ALL THESE CITIES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD GAVE UNTO ISRAEL ALL THE LAND WHICH HE SWARE TO GIVE UNTO THEIR FATHERS; AND THEY POSSESSED IT, AND DWELT THEREIN._ The Lord gave unto Israel all the land. 'The distribution of property in the Jewish nation was founded on this principle, that the Lord having been the sole power which... [ Continue Reading ]