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; Ver. 1. _Then came near the heads of the fathers._] Some are of opinion that the chief of the priests and Levite... [ 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. _Ver 2. The Lord commanded._] He left not his Levites to the will and devotion of the people: for then they should have h... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. Ver. 3. _These cities and their suburbs._] In their cities others dwelt with them: for how could they subsist without those of other professions? See Ezra 2:70.... [ 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. Ver. 4. _Out of the tribe of Judah, &c._] The priests,... [ 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. Ver. 5. _And the rest of the children of Kohath._] Thus the Levites were dispersed throughout the land - as salt is sprink... [ Continue Reading ]
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. Ver. 12. _Gave they to Caleb._] Who was glad, no doubt, of the Levites' so near neighbourhood and good company, to instruct him and his in the law of the Lord, and to exhort them to obe... [ Continue Reading ]