4 And the lot came out ' for the families of the Ko hathites, and the children of Aaron the prieft, 2ubich ere of the Levites, had * by lot out of the tribe of Ju- dah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Ber:jamin f, thirteen cities gp.
f Which three rribes were neareſt to the Temple, where their buſineſs lay. g For though the Prieſts were now few enough for onz Ci 'y. yet reſpe& was to be had to their ſucceeding numbers; this Giviſion being made for all future Genenrations. Arid tecing the Zevires might tell rheic Houſes until the Jubilee, Lewic. 25. 33: mucin more might they Let them ; and therefore it 1s probable their Ci'ics were nor very long uninhabited, many being inclined ro dwell with them by vertue of relations contratted with them, or de- pendarce upon, or expettation from them ; or out of reſpe& to the 1ervice of God, and the good of their touls.
5 And the reſt of the children of Kohath .þ had by lot, our of the families of the tribe of Ephraim ; and out
of the tribe ot Dan, and out of- the half tribe of Ma- naſſeh z, ten cities &.
þ-Who were of Aarons Family, not Prieſts, but Levites only. # W: ich Tribes are ncareſt to tve thiee former, and 10 the Koha- th.tes are piaced next to their Brethren the Aarinites. k Fewer than ti ey gave out of the three former Tribes, becauſe their inheritance was le's than the former. See Numb. 35. 8.
6 And the children of Gerihon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Iiiachar, and out ot the tribe of
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Aſher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of che half tribe of Manaſſeh in Baſhan, thirteen cities.
7 Thechildren of Merari by their families, had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and. out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Irael gave by lot unto the Le- vites theſe cities with their Suburbs &, as th: LORD commanded- by the hand of Mcfſes,
k Of which, ſee on Numb. 35: 2»
9 © And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and our of the tribe of the children of Simeon l, theſe cities which are here + meritioned by name.
I Theſe are mentioned rogetber, within Judah's Portion.
Io Which the children of Aaron beirg of the fami- lies 2 of the Kohathites, ho were of th: chiidren of Levi, had ; ( for theirs was the Firſt lor. )
7 (i.e) Of the family, the Plural Number for the Singular, which is not unuſua!.
11 And they gave them || the city of Arbah, the fa- i| Or, Ki. lf ther of Anak, ( which cry is Hebron ) in the hill counrrey riatbarba. If of Judah, with the ſuburbs thereof round abour it. $ G- Iz But 7 the fields » of the city, and the villages >
hereof gave they to Caleb the ſon of Sn thereof gave they to Caleb the ſon of Jephunneh, for his poſſeflion, | 1 Chron; 2 (1.e.) All beyond the 2000 Cubites expreſſed, Numb.z 5:5:This © 59* is here mentioned, not as his peculiar caſe, bur as one eminent Ins
ſtance,to ſkew,that it was ſo in all the reſt of the Cities here named;
chat the Fields and Vill:ges thereof ſtill belonged to the ſeveral
rribes from whom the Cities and their Suburbs were rzken ; and to
make the reſt of the 179-lites more contented!y and cheartully reſign
ſo great a part of their Pofſefſi-ns to rhe Levites, becauſe even Calcb
did ſo,though his Poſſ-ſlion h:d been long b<tcre promiſed ard now
aCtually given to him by Gods ſpecial conmand, »s a mark of ho-«
ncur and compentation for h's long and faithtu] Service.
13 T Thus they * gave to che children of Aaron the « prieſt, Hebron wich her ſuburbs, ro be a city of refuge 6. " Clies tor the ſlayer, and Libnah with her ſuburbs. os
14 T AndJattir with her ſuburbs,and Ethtemoa with her ſuburbs, |
15 And * Holon 0 with her ſuburbs, and Debir with her ſubutbs, =
0 Called Hilen, 1 Chron. 6. 58. as Juttah, here is called, Aſhan, 1 Chron. 6. 59. and Kibzaim called Jokmeam, 1 Chren. 6. 68. and fo ſome others, the names of rhe places being changed by lengch of time, and upon ſpecial occaſions, as was frequent among. the Jews. Though their D:.&ors add. that ſome of theſe places h:re mentz= oned being now in the Canaanires Poſſeſſion, and nor ſpeedi'y reco« vered from them, there were others put in their ſtead.
16 And * Ain with her ſuburbs, and Juctah with her | ſuburbs, and Bethſhemeth with her ſuburbs, nine cities out ot thoſe two tribes.
p Ain here, and Gibeon, v. 17. and ſome others here named are not named, 1 Chron. 6. either b-cauſe they were deſtroyed in ſome of chote Hoſtil: Invalions and Wars wherewith their Land was grie- vouſly haraſſed and waſted before that time ; or they appear taere u:;der other Names, as was ſaid.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her ſuburbs, Geba with her ſuburbs,
18 Anathorh with her ſuburbs,and * Almon with her « ſuburbs : four cities. 6
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron the prieſt, Aiemet were thirteen cities with their ſuburbs.
20 4 And the families of the ciildren of Kohath,the Levites, which remained of the children of Kohath q,e- ven they had the cities of their loc our of the tribe of E- phraim.
7 Over and above thoſe of them who were Prieſts. :
24 For they gave them Schechem with her ſuburbs, in mount Ephraim, 7o be a city of refuge for the ſlayer, and Gezer with her fuburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her ſuburbs, and Beth-horon with her ſuburbs. tour cities. |
22 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her ſu- burbs, Gibbcthon with her ſuburbs, F
24 Ajjalon with her ſuburbs, Gath-rimmon with her ſuburbs : four cicies.
25 And out ef the half tribe of Manaſſeh r, Tanach | with her ſuburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her ſuburbs: two Cit1CsS,
r To wir, that half which dwelt in Canaan, by comparing this with v. 27.
26 All che cities were ten with their ſuburbs, for the families of che children of Kohath that: remained.
27 4 Andumto the children of Gerſhon of the fami- lies of the Levites,out of the other halftribe of Manaileh, they gave Golan in Baſhan wich her ſuburbs,re bea city of retuge for the ſlayer : and Beeſhrerah with her ſuburbs: ewo Cities.
28 Andout of the tribe of Iſfachar, Kiſhon with her ſuburbs, Dabareh wich her ſuburbs,
29 Jarmuch with her ſuburbs, En-gannim with her | ſuburbs, four cities, 2 N 4 30 And
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