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C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Joshua 21:9-19

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Browse this work.

Joshua21:9-19

Jos 21:9-19 The priests’ towns: (a) in Judah and Simeon (Jos 21:9-16); (b) in Benjamin (Jos 21:17-19). Jos 21:9-12

In the tribe of Judah the priests received Kirjath-arba, or Hebron, with the necessary pasturage round about the town (see Num 35:2), whilst the field of the town with the villages belonging to it remained in the hands of Caleb and his family as their possession (Jos 14:12.).

C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, Joshua 21:9-19. Public domain.

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