"oint (ns above) to the non-priestly de- xxi. 28. 3. The Kedesh of ver. 76, i.e. eceuda.nte in the Koha.th line. Summing Kedesh in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge up, we see that the Koha.thile prietd,3 ho.d in the tribe of Naphte.li (Josh. xix. 37; xx thirteen cities from the a.llotmente of Judah 7; xxi.. 32; Jud%. iv. 6-10). Daberath and Simeon and Benjamin, and the Ko- (Authonzed Version, Dabareh, Josh. xxi. bBthite non-priests had ten, from Ephraim, 28); mentioned as on the boundary of Da.n, a.nd West Mane.sseh. One might de- Zebulun in Josh. xii:. 12. tect in e.11 this some germ of the more Ver. 73.-Bamoth; called in Josh. xxi. modem pe.rochie.l system, so fe.r e.t least e.s 28, 29, Jarmuth; a place of which nothinoo regards the distributed residence of a clerical else is known, but possibly one with Remetli and ministerial order, though not with (Josh. xix. 21). Anem; probably the En- ea.cred buildings eimile.rly distributed. gannim of Josh. rix. 21 ancl xxi. 29, and per- Ver. 62.-The twenty-three cities that haps a contraction of the name. belonged to the sons of Kohath a.re now Vers. 74-76.-Me.she.l, Ru.kok, Hammon followed by the thirteen due to the sons of Kirjathe.im, a.re found as Muihal, Helkath' Gershom, ta.ken from the tribes of Issache.r, Hammoth-dor, KaTtan, in Josh. xxi. 30, 31: Asher, Naphtali, and he.If Me.ne.sseh. The 32; xix. 35. fact only is stated here, the details being Ver. 77.-Unto the rest of the children of supplied in vers. 71-76. And it is easily to lllere.ri. Since none have yet been spoken be seen the.t, as from the most important of as having received their citie~, we find tribes were levied the cities for Levites first the explanation of these words in their in precedence, so the same principle is order in Josh. xxi. 34, "Unto tho families observed to the end. of the children of Mere.ri, the rest of the Ver. 63.-The distribution of cities to the Levites." To our list here, Jokne:i.m and third branch of Levi's family, the.t of Mere.ri, Ke.rtap. (Josh. xxi. 34) need to be supplied, now follows. They are selected, four from and Rimmon a.nd Tabor here appear (Josh. each of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Zebulun xxi. 35), there as Dimnah and Nahalal. ( J ash. xxL 7, 3i--40). Ver. 78.-Bezer. Tho full rlescription of Ver. 71.--Golan was one of the three cities the place is "Bezer in the wilderness, in the of refuge east of the J orde.n (Josh. xx. 8), the le.nd of tho Mishar" (Dent. iv. 43), ancl other two being Bezer, of the tribe of " Bezer in the wilderness, in the IHbhor," Reuben, and Re.moth in Gilead, of the tribe i.e. "the plain," or as some, " the downs" of Gad. Ashte.roth, in its previous history, (Josh. xx. 8). This, as mentioned above, had been closely connected with Og King was one of the three cities of refuge cust~of of Bashan (Deut. i. 4; Josh. ix. 9, 10; xii. the Jordan. J"ahza.h (Authorized Version, 4, 5; xiii. 12). It is oe.lled Beeshterah in Josh. xxi. 36, Jahazah). Josh. xxi. 27. Ver. 79.-'fhe two no.mes of this verse, Ver. 72.-Kedesh. There were three with the two of the preceding, i.e. nil the places of this name. I. Kedesh, at the four no.mes of the cities of Roubon, aro extreme south of Judah (Josh. xv. 23; rix. absent from their proper place in tho list in 20, 21), perhaps the SA.Ille with Kadesh- Josh. xxi. in the Hebrew Textus Recoptus barnoa (Josh. xv. 3). 2. The Kedesh of this and the Vulg11ite, though fmmtl in Josh. verse, perhaps the so.me with the Kedesh of xiii. 18. Josh. xii. 22; it is co.Bed Kishon in Josh.
HOMILIES BY YARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 10, 15.-Two high priests. Among the sons of Levi tho family of Aarou was the most cousptcuous, inasmuch as the Lord selected this family for the priestly otlico. 'l'he high priest was always of .Aaronic blood. And the succession of high priests could no more be omitted from the chronicles of Israel than the succession of popes from those of Rome or the series of Archbishops of Canterbury from thoso of England. We select two high priests for special notice. I. 'fHE HIGH PRIESTHOOD IN NATIONAL PROSPERITY. Aza.riah executed this very important office during that part of the reign of Solomon which saw the dedication of the magnificent first temple. This was the very culmination of the splendour of tho Hebrew monarchy, and the office and duties of the national pontiff would be cncom• passed with peculiar glory. As the religious representa.ti ve of the nation, Azariah had sacred functions to discharge, especially on the day of atonement, when tho ~ins belonging to the people's prosperity were brought and confessed before tho Lonl, antl favour shown to the sacrificing and repentant nation. 53 THE FIRST BOOK OF 'l'HE CHRONICLES. [ea. VI, 1--81.