=66‒70= (= Joshua xxi. 20‒25). THE [TEN] CITIES OF THE NON-AARONITE KOHATHITES. ⁶⁶And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. =66.= _of their borders_] rather, as Joshua xxi. 20, =of their lot= (the difference in Hebrew is very slight). ⁶⁷And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs; Gezer also with her suburbs; =67.= _the cities of refuge, Shechem_] Read (a slight change in Hebrew) =the city of refuge, Shechem=. Compare verse 57, note. _Shechem_] Genesis xii. 6, xxxiii. 18; Joshua xxiv. 1; Judges ix. 1; 1 Kings xii. 1. Shechem is the modern Nabulus, situated almost in the middle of Palestine. _Gezer_] Joshua xvi. 3; Judges i. 29; 1 Kings ix. 16. It is the modern Tell Jezer about 18 miles north-west of Jerusalem. The site has recently been excavated with excellent results――see Macalister, _The Excavation of Gezer_, or Driver, _Modern Research Illustrating the Bible_ (Schweich Lectures, 1908). ⁶⁸and¹ Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; ¹ See Joshua xxi. 22‒39, where some of the names are different. =68.= _Jokmeam_] In Joshua xxi. 22, _Kibzaim_. The two words resemble one another more closely in Hebrew, and are to be taken as various readings of the same name. Nothing is known of a _Kibzaim_ in Ephraim. A _Jokmeam_ is mentioned 1 Kings iv. 12. _Beth-horon_] Joshua x. 10, 11, xvi. 3, 5; 1 Maccabees iii. 24. There were two cities, a lower and an upper Beth-horon, the modern _Beitur_, “near the head and the foot respectively of the ascent from the Maritime Plain to the plateau of Benjamin.” ⁶⁹and Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: =69.= _and Aijalon_] _Aijalon_ and _Gath-rimmon_ were in Dan near the Jaffa road some 13 miles from Jerusalem; compare Joshua xxi. 23, 24. See also the Critical Note on verses 54‒81. ⁷⁰and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. =70.= _the half tribe of Manasseh_] the western half tribe; the eastern is mentioned verse 71. _Aner_] Read probably =Taanach=, as in vii. 29; Joshua xxi. 25; Judges v. 19. Taanach was situated in the plain of Esdraelon, some four miles south of Megiddo. _Bileam_] read =Ibleam=, compare Judges i. 27; 2 Kings ix. 27. In Joshua xxi. 25, _Gath-rimmon_, an error of dittography. _for the rest ... Kohath_] a fragment of Joshua xxi. 26. =71‒76= (= Joshua xxi. 27‒32). THE THIRTEEN CITIES OF THE SONS OF GERSHOM. ⁷¹Unto the sons of Gershom _were given_, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: