ſuburbs, Abdon with her ſuburbs,
z21 Helkah with her ſuburbs, and Rehob with herſu- burbs : four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedelh in Ga- lilee with her ſuburbs,ro be a city of refuge for the ſlayer, and Hammoth-dor with her ſuburbs, and Kartan with her ſuburbs : three cities.
33 Allthe cities of the Gerſhonites,according to their families,were thirteen cities with their ſuburbs.
24 © And unto the families of the children of Merar1, the reſt of the Levites, our of the tribe of Zebulun.Jok- neam with her {ubucbs, and Kartah with her ſfubutbs : 25 Dimnah with her ſuburbs,Nahalal with her ſubuibs: four cities.
6 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer s with her ſuburbs, and Jahazah with her fuburbs ;
s ACity ofRefuge, as itis called Jef. 20. 8. and therefore needleſs to be here repeated.
27 Kedemoth with her ſuburbs, and Mephaath with her ſuburbs : four cities.
38 And our of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her ſuburbs,zo be a city of refuge for the ſlayer, and Mahanaim with her ſuburbs,
39 Heshbon with her ſuburbs,Jazer with her ſuburbs,
Four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot, twelve Cities»
41 All the cities of the Levites, within the poſleflion \ of the children of Iſrael were fourty and eight cities z, with their ſuburbs.
£ Qz Why hath this Tribe, which was the leaſt of all, more Ci- ties than any of them? 4nſw. Firſt, It doth notappear that they had more : for though all the cities of the Levites be expreſled,it is not ſo with the other Tribes, but divers of their cities are omitted, as is evident. Secendly, The Levites were confined to their Ciries ard Suburbs; the reſt had large Territories belonging to their C1- ties, which alſo they were in a capaciry of improving, which the Levites were not; ſo that one of their Ciries might be more conſi- derable than divers of the Lewites.Thirdly,God was. pleated to deal liberally with his Miniſters,partly to put honour upon thoſe when- he forſaw many wouid be prone to deſpiſe; and partly, that beins Free from all outward diſtraftions, they might more ent:rely anc krvently devote themſelyes to the ſervice of God, and the inſtruQi on of Souls. ;
42 Theſe cities were every one with their ſuburbs round abeut them : thus were al! theſe cities. | 43 © And the LORD gave unto Ufrael all the land u which he ſware to give unto rheir fathers; and they poſſeiied it, and dwelt therein.
u He gave them the right to All, and the a&ual Poſſeſſion of the greateſt part of it, and power to Poſſeſs the reſt as ſoon as it was needful and convenient for them,which was by degrees, when their Numbers were increaſed, &c, Exod. 23. 29, 30. and the abſulute Dominion of all the people remaining in it.
44 And the LORD gave them reft round about, ac- cording to ail that he ſware unto their fathers,and chere ſtood not a man of all their enemies before them x: the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
x To wit, all the days of Joshuagby compaiing J//. x. 5. for after.
wards it was otherwiſe with then | : T Chap. 45 + There failed not oughe of any good thing, which 3115*.-the LORD had ſpoken unto the houſe of 1frael: all
came to pals.
I —— i 2. SETIES ITY
CHAP. AA The two tribes and half are ſent home with a bl. ſjmg ; fir. chargeto fear the
Lord ; and great bioty, 1 ==9. they build om Altar of T:ftimony at the
brink of Jordan, 10+ the Iſraelites are offended ; and afſ:wmble to wage
war againſt them, 11. 12. they firſt ſend Phinehas and ten Princes Am- baſſaders to reprove them, 13. ——= 20. thcy clear themſelves ; ther bre.
thren reft ſatisfied, 21=— 34.
7 Hageey Joihua called che Reubenices,and the Gedites, and the half tribe of Manaſlleh,
2 And ſaid unto them, Ye have kept * ail that Moſes theſervant of the LORD commanded you, and have o- beyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
2 Ye have not lefr your brethren theſe many davs s unts this day,but have kept the charge of the command- ment of the LORD your Gods
a (i.e. ) For divers years together, ſo long as the War laſted. See Jof. 11. 18. and 14. 10.
4 And now the LORD your God hath given reſt unto your brethren,as he promiſed them : therefore now re- + Num. turn ye,and get ye unto your tents b, and unto the land 32- 33* of your polleſſion, | which Moſes the ſervant of the wa 13 LORD gave you on the other {ide Jordan.
h b (#. e. ) Toyour ſettled habitations,as app:ars from wv. 8.which
are oft called Tents, as Judg. 19.9. 2 Sam. 18.17. Ho). 9. 6. Mal, 2.12.
5 But take diligent heed c to do the commandment,
and the law «d which Moſes the tervant of the LORD
+ Deut. charged you, * to love the LORD your Gcd, and to 10. 12 walk in all his ways, and to keep his commancments,
* Num- 3 2s. 20s. Deut- 3+ 18-
Chap. XX j; and to cleave unto him, and to ſerve him withall your heart, and with all your foul e. -
c Watch over your ſelves and all your aftions. d Two werds ex- prefling the ſame thing,the Law of Commandments delivered by Moſes, e With the whole ſtrength of your Minds, and Wills, and AffeQions, |
6 So Joſhua bleſſed them,and Tent them away : and they went unto their tents.
7 © Now to the one half of the Tribe of Manaſſeh Mo- ſes had given poſſeſſion in Baſhan : but unto the other half thereof gave Jolhua among their brethren on this ſide Jordan weſtward. And when Joſhua ſentthem away al- {ounto their tents, then he bleſſed them :
8 And he ſpake unto them,faying, Return with much riches unto your tents,and with very much cattel, with filver,and with gold, and with braſs, and with iron,and with very much raiment : divide the ſpoil of your ene- mies with your brethren f.
f (i. e.) With them who ſtayed beyond Jordan for the defence of their land, and Wives, and Children, who therefore were to have: thare, though not an <qual ſhare with theſe, See Numb. 31. 27. But for them, 8 Sam 3o- 24. their ſhare was equa], becauſe their danger was equal, |
9 T And che children of Reuben, and the children of Gad,and the half tribe of Manaſlch returned,& departed from che children of Iſrael out of Shiloh, which 3s in the land of Cansn, to gointo the countrey of Gileadto the land cf cheir Poſſethion,whereof they were poſleſled, ac- cording to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moſes.