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Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

⁶⁰and out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
  Allemeth³ with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All
  their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

    ³ In Joshua xxi. 18, _Almon_.

=60.= _of Benjamin; Geba_] In Joshua xxi. 17 _Gibeon and her suburbs_
is inserted before _Geba_. Compare the Critical Note above. Geba was
situated by the pass of Michmash, some six miles from Jerusalem;
compare 1 Samuel vi. 9 ff.

_Allemeth_] In Joshua xxi. 18, _Almon_.

_thirteen cities_] Compare the Critical Note above.


               =61‒65= (compare Joshua xxi. 26, 33, 40).
               DISTRIBUTION OF THIRTY-FIVE OTHER CITIES
                      TO THE REST OF THE LEVITES.

  ⁶¹And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath _were given_ by lot,
  out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half
  of Manasseh, ten cities.

=61.= _the rest of the sons of Kohath_] i.e. the Kohathites who were
not _sons of Aaron_ (verse 54).

_out of the family ... Manasseh_] read =out of the families of the
tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe
of Manasseh=. See the Critical Note on verses 54‒81.

  ⁶²And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out
  of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out
  of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
  Bashan, thirteen cities.

=62.= _the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan_] i.e. the half tribe of
Manasseh beyond Jordan.

  ⁶³Unto the sons of Merari _were given_ by lot, according to
  their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe
  of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁶⁴And
  the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their
  suburbs.

=63.= _twelve cities_] The total number of Levitic cities (verse
60 thirteen, verse 61 ten, verse 62 thirteen, verse 63 twelve) was
forty-eight (so Joshua xxi. 41), of which the Kohathites, as the
largest division (compare xv. 5, note), received twenty-three or nearly
half.

  ⁶⁵And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
  and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the
  tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are
  mentioned by name.

=65.= _by lot_] as a means of gaining Divine sanction for the
assignment of cities. This verse (= Joshua xxi. 9) is plainly
unsuitable in its present context. In Joshua it is the introduction
to the list of Aaronic cities (here verses 54‒60). The Chronicler,
having rearranged the material of his source, nevertheless preferred
to transcribe this verse, despite the lack of harmony with the context;
or possibly, if verses 66‒81 are an addition to the original text of
Chronicles (see the head-note on verses 54‒81), verse 65 may also be
a later insertion intended to help as a connecting link between verses
64 and 66 ff.


                               =66‒81.=
                        CITIES OF THE LEVITES.

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Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

⁶⁰and out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
  Allemeth³ with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All
  their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

    ³ In Joshua xxi. 18, _Almon_.

=60.= _of Benjamin; Geba_] In Joshua xxi. 17 _Gibeon and her suburbs_
is inserted before _Geba_. Compare the Critical Note above. Geba was
situated by the pass of Michmash, some six miles from Jerusalem;
compare 1 Samuel vi. 9 ff.

_Allemeth_] In Joshua xxi. 18, _Almon_.

_thirteen cities_] Compare the Critical Note above.


               =61‒65= (compare Joshua xxi. 26, 33, 40).
               DISTRIBUTION OF THIRTY-FIVE OTHER CITIES
                      TO THE REST OF THE LEVITES.

  ⁶¹And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath _were given_ by lot,
  out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half
  of Manasseh, ten cities.

=61.= _the rest of the sons of Kohath_] i.e. the Kohathites who were
not _sons of Aaron_ (verse 54).

_out of the family ... Manasseh_] read =out of the families of the
tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe
of Manasseh=. See the Critical Note on verses 54‒81.

  ⁶²And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out
  of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out
  of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
  Bashan, thirteen cities.

=62.= _the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan_] i.e. the half tribe of
Manasseh beyond Jordan.

  ⁶³Unto the sons of Merari _were given_ by lot, according to
  their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe
  of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁶⁴And
  the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their
  suburbs.

=63.= _twelve cities_] The total number of Levitic cities (verse
60 thirteen, verse 61 ten, verse 62 thirteen, verse 63 twelve) was
forty-eight (so Joshua xxi. 41), of which the Kohathites, as the
largest division (compare xv. 5, note), received twenty-three or nearly
half.

  ⁶⁵And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
  and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the
  tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are
  mentioned by name.

=65.= _by lot_] as a means of gaining Divine sanction for the
assignment of cities. This verse (= Joshua xxi. 9) is plainly
unsuitable in its present context. In Joshua it is the introduction
to the list of Aaronic cities (here verses 54‒60). The Chronicler,
having rearranged the material of his source, nevertheless preferred
to transcribe this verse, despite the lack of harmony with the context;
or possibly, if verses 66‒81 are an addition to the original text of
Chronicles (see the head-note on verses 54‒81), verse 65 may also be
a later insertion intended to help as a connecting link between verses
64 and 66 ff.


                               =66‒81.=
                        CITIES OF THE LEVITES.

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